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Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas
Capt. Jim Files
October 25, 2002
Canyon Lake - Freshwater Fishing Report
CANYON LAKE: Water murky; 70 degrees; 911':
Largemouth are good in tight to standing timber in 6'-12' on 4" Red Shad Disc Worms (www.bigbitebaits.com), black/blue tail 6" worms or a 4" watermelon/pumpkin Super Tube Heavy (www.cremelure.com). The early
morning bite can be good using white or red flake Senkos and Terminator Snap-Back Creature Lures.
Smallmouth are very good to 2.5 lbs. along bluffs in 6'-15' of water using a 3/16 oz.pumpkin Tiny-T jig (www.terminatorlures.com) with a Devil's Tongue trailer,a 3" smoke/red Super Tube (www.cremelure.com) or rootbeer/green flake BBB grubs.
Stripers are very slow, suspended over humps in 50' off points from mid-lake to the dam.
White Bass are fair, vertically jigging 1/4 oz. Pirk Minnows and 2" Lit'l Fishie Shads and chrome/blue Rat-L-Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com) along 30' lake points.
FOR AREA INFORMATION OR TO BOOK A GUIDED TRIP WITH THE MOST EXPERIENCED/RECOMMENDED/RELIABLE FULLTIME BASS SPECIALISTS AND ALL SPECIES GUIDES ON THIS LAKE CONTACT JR'S GUIDE SERVICE www.jrguideservice.com Call (830) 833-5688 or [email protected]. Or,see us at FISHERMAN'S CORNER www.canyonlakefishing.com , FM 306, (210) 213-2534 for the largest selection of tackle and the lake specific lures that produce for us on Canyon Lake. Exclusive dealer for Yamamoto Senkos
Grubs and Tuff Line in the Hill Country.
LAKE BUCHANAN: Water stained; 71 degrees; 1017.38':
Largemouth are fair to good on main lake points and along bluffs in 5-12 feet using 1/4 oz. chartreuse Terminator buzzbaits (www.terminatorlures)Berkley or Rebel poppers early and all day under cloudcover. Texas rigged 4" or 6" watermelon/red Scoundrel worms (www.cremelure.com), 4" red shad Disc Worms (www.bigbitebaits.com) along and down ledges will produce when the surface action subsides.
Stripers are only fair with mainly 18'-20" fish being taken from Garrett Island to the dam drifting live bait, trolling 1/2 oz. Curb's striper jigs and jigging 1/2 oz. Pirk Minnows. Minimal topwater action using a 1/2 oz. chrome Rat-L-Trap (www.rat-l-trap.com)
White Bass are good over flats on 2" Lit'l Fishie Shads, 1/4 oz. Pirk Minnows and Spin Traps.
TO BOOK A GUIDED TRIP ON BUCHANAN FOR LARGEMOUTH OR STRIPERS CONTACT JR'S GUIDE SERVICE www.jrguideservice.com Call (830) 833-5688
or email [email protected].
LAKE LBJ: Water stained; 71 degrees; 824.92':
Largemouth are good early on watermelon Snap-Back jerkbaits (www.terminatorlures.com), 1/4 oz. Gold Shiner Terminator spinnerbaits and later using 3" watermelon Super Tubes (www.cremelure.com), 4" watermelon BBB Disc Worms (www.bigbitebaits.com) and 4" pumpkin Senkos or 4" pumpkin Sliding Weight Craw Fish (www.slidingweight.com) on Carolina rigs worked down points.
White Bass are fair on silver Terminator Snagless In-Line spinners spinners, white 3" white BBB grubs and 1/8 oz. chrome Tiny Traps (www.rat-l-traps.com)
Crappie are slow over brushpiles in 14'-20' on minnows , red/white crappie Tube Jigs and chartreuse Curb's crappie jigs.
FOR AREA INFORMATION OR TO BOOK A GUIDED FISHING TRIP WITH THE ONLY GUIDES FISHING LAKE LBJ FOR OVER 40 YEARS CONTACT JR'S GUIDE SERVICE www.jrguideservice.com Call (830) 833-5688 or
email [email protected] . For the best selection of quality tackle, gas and snacks on this lake stop by El Rio at the 1431 bridge in Kingsland.
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