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Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas
Capt. Jim Files
October 14, 2001
Canyon Lake - Freshwater Fishing Report
CANYON LAKE
Water clear; 75 degrees; 909'
LARGEMOUTH are very good to 6 lbs. along 6'-12' breaklines on white 1/4 oz. Terminator spinnerbaits, Tat-L-Traps or Fat Free Shad crankbaits and plastic jerkbaits fishing perpendicular to shorelines. Other good areas are the mouth of secondary creeks working
from the main channel breakline into the channel. Pitching a (new product) 4" shad or watermelon/pumpkin
Super Tube Heavy (www.cremelure.com) or 1/4 oz. watermelon Terminator jig with matching Disc Craw (www.bigbitebaits.com)trailers to laydowns should produce. Rock and brushpiles along steep bluff banks are holding fish. Devil's Tongues on drop shot rigs are excellent on such structure.
SMALLMOUTH are good in early over 8'-12' flats on 1/8 oz. Tiny-T spinnerbaits, Terminator Finesse Jigs with small pork trailers and chartreuse grubs. Later, the fish will move over breaklines in 10'-18' of water holding in submerged trees and over rockpiles. Devil's Tongues, smoke Super Tubes and smoke twin tail grubs are all good choices.
STRIPERS and WHITE BASS are very good along deep water points and bluffs, mainly in the lower 1/3 of the lake.
Naturally, drifting live bait will produce STRIPERS, but only to wait them out until a school surfaces within casting distance. Then a Zara Spook, Rat-L-Trap
white/chartreuse Curb's striper jigs or Pirk Minnow get the most action.
WHITE BASS are schooling in the same general area. Pirk Minnows, 2" Lit'l Fishie Shads, 3" white grubs on 1/8 oz. white Curb's bucktails will work. Good topwater lures are clear Rat-L-Tops or Torpedos.
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RECOMMENDED and ONLY FULLTIME, LICENSED, PROFESSIONAL
GUIDE SERVICE ON CANYON LAKE. Call (830) 833-5688, email: [email protected] or stop by FISHERMAN'S CORNER
(www.canyonlakefishing.com) 21910 FM 306 or call (830) 935-2933. They have the largest selection of tackle, lures and live bait on the lake.
LAKE LBJ
WATER STAINED; 75 degrees; 824.90':
LARGEMOUTH are good along main lake and secondary points using 1/4 oz. white/chartreuse Terminator spinnerbaits, Rat-L-Traps and crankbaits. Some early morning topwater action in 2'-5' on points and working down ditches and channels. Crankbaits and plastic jerkbaits are producing on points from Horseshoe Bay to Big Sandy. Work docks by skipping a watermelon 4" Super Tube Heavy or watermelon 4" or 6" wacky rigged Scoundrel under them. a Split shot rigged Devil's Tongue or watermelon 1/8 oz. Terminator Finesse Jig with pork trailer are great.
CRAPPIE are good on brushpiles and bridge pilings in 16'-22' on minnows and Curb's crappie jigs.
WHITE BASS are schooled up on main channels turns and points of Big Sandy Creek and at the Llano River bridge. Pirk Minnows, white Curb's bucktails or white grubs are all producing fish up to 14". Trolling shad raps will work.
TO BOOK YOUR GUIDED TRIP CONTACT JR'S GUIDE SERVICE at:
www.jrguideservice.com Call (830) 833-5688, email [email protected].
LAKE BUCHANAN
Water clear; 75 degrees; 1013.95'
LARGEMOUTH good over flats and along channels in of major and secondary creeks on Bill Dance buzzbaits, Rat-L-Traps, Yozuri poppers and plastic jerkbaits. Working 4'-8' in stumps and along rock ledges with a 1/4 oz. white or silver Terminator spinnerbait, firetiger crankbait or Rat-l-Trap produces. Try skipping a watermelon or crawfish 4" Super Tube Heavy (by Creme Lures www.cremelure.com), wacky rigged watermelon Scoundrel worm or 1/4 oz. Terminator jig with Disc Craw trailer under boat docks.
STRIPERS are very good on the surface along long sloping points on Zara Spooks, Rat-L-Traps and white Curb's bucktails with plastic trailers.
WHITE BASS are good in the same general areas using 1/4 oz. Pirk Minnows, Spin Traps, 2" Lit'l Fishie Shads
and white grubs.
TO BOOK A GUIDED TRIP CONTACT JR'S GUIDE SERVICE www.jrguideservice.com Call Jim at (830) 833-5688 or email [email protected].
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