Texas Fishing Reports

Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas - LAKE BUCHANAN We are catching more quality largemouth (up to 7 lbs.) in the past few days than we have seen this summer. Fish are beginning to work shad very early on flats and sloping points. Right at daylight there is a good buzzbait and spinnerba more...
Capt. Jim Files - Canyon Lake

Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas - LAKE BUCHANAN Water clear; 87 degrees; 1015': LARGEMOUTH are fair to good very early on stumps flats inside of lake points of creeks and pockets using white 1/4 oz. Terminator spinnerbaits, Rat-L-Traps and crankbaits. later, we switch to soft plast more...
Capt. Jim Files - Canyon Lake

Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas - LAKE BUCHANAN Water clear, 86 degrees, 1015.34': STRIPERS are fair to good from Garrett Island to The Dam drifting live bait in 24' of water. Target humps from 30'-45'. BLACK BASS are fair on mainlake and secondary creek points very early on whit more...
Capt. Jim Files - Canyon Lake

Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas - LAKE LBJ Our most successful fishing is still at night, primarily between 3:00 AM and 8:00 AM. Surface water temps. are above 86 degrees during the day. It takes a few hours of darkness to the water to cool down a couple of degrees, the shad to act more...
Capt. Jim Files - Canyon Lake

Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas - CANYON LAKE Bass fishing is very good on Canyon Lakie for this time of year, for those willing to discard their old, tired techniques of beating the banks with topwaters and spinnerbaits all day long. My clients are catching quality LARGE & SMALLMO more...
Capt. Jim Files - Canyon Lake

Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas - CANYON LAKE On Tuesday, July 10, 2001 a largemouth bass weighing 11.61 lbs. was caught and submitted to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for certification a a new lake record. That process is ongoing, but should be completed shortly. The day more...
Capt. Jim Files - Canyon Lake

Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas - CANYON LAKE Gin clear water, surface temps of 85 degrees and an obscene number of irresponsible recreational boater is making for some tough, uncomfortable conditions for fishermen. We're forced to be on the water and fishing long before daylight, more...
Capt. Jim Files - Canyon Lake

Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas - CANYON LAKE Water Gin Clear; 84.5 degrees; 909'+: LARGEMOUTH are good for the first hour of daylight in 3'-6' of water on clear Rat-L-Tops, 2 Lit'l Fishie Shads and 1/8 oz. Terminator Tiny Buzz buzzbaits. The topwater action dies at 7:30 and we' more...
Capt. Jim Files - Canyon Lake

Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas - LAKE BUCHANAN Water clear; 84 degrees; 1817': Conditions are good for success but you must be on the water at night to find both STRIPERS and LARGEMOUTH at their most active. Points of creeks and pockets in the lower end are where we are starting ou more...
Capt. Jim Files - Canyon Lake

Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas - LAKE LBJ Fishing is VERY good on LBJ, IF you are willing to be on the water between midnight & 9:00 AM. Our biggest largemouth are being caught working Terminator buzzbaits & noisy, prop-type Topwaters like a Rat-L-Top over points, down creek channe more...
Capt. Jim Files - Canyon Lake