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Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas
Capt. Jim Files
May 23, 2003
Canyon Lake - Freshwater Fishing Report
CANYON LAKE: Water clear; 81 degrees; 910' :
Largemouth are good at daylight in 4'-10' on chrome/blue, Silver Shad Terminator spinnerbaits(www.terminatorlures.com), and a pumpkin 6" Scoundrel worm(www.cremelure.com) worked along creek points. Upriver, pumpkin Senkos (www.canyonlakefishing.com), white/char. Tiny-T spinnerbaits and Texas rigged pumpkin/char. 4" ring worms are producing.
Smallmouth are good in 8'-20' using crawfish 3" Super Tube, Yamamoto Cut Tail worms and Devil's Tongues.
Stripers are fair to good on main lake points burning a chrome Rat-L-Trap through surfacing shad or jigging white/chart Hyper Striper jigs (www.kgenterprise.com) with plastic trailers and drifting live perch.
Crappie are good tight to timber in 20' on minnows, white Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows.
For area info. or to book a guided trip with the only licensed, fulltime, professional guides on Canyon Lake contact JR'S GUIDE SERVICE
www.jrguideservice.com Call (830) 833-5688 or email [email protected], Or, see us at FISHERMAN'S CORNER www.canyonlakefishing.com FM 306 at Potter's Creek Rd., (210) 213-2534. Check out the largest
selection of quality tackle and live bait of any dealer in the area; Terminator, Crème,Berkley, Yamamoto, Zoom, Tuff Line, Ambassadeur and a full line of trout tackle and bait.
LAKE BUCHANAN: Water clear; 79 degrees; 1013.96' :
Largemouth are good for the first hour of daylight in 3'-10'
of water along stumps and brushpiles on a 1/4 oz. white/char Terminator spinnerbait(www.terminatorlures.com), clear Rat-L-Tops (www.rat-l-trap.com) and 6" Texas rigged watermelon/red Scoundrel worms(www.cremelure.com). Pitching a pumpkin Tiny-T jig with #101 Uncle Josh Pork (www.unclejosh.com) trailer and 4" watermelon/red Scoundrel worms is accounting for fish later in the day as bass move to shaded structure.
Stripers are fair to good in 28' of water trolling white/char. Hyper Striper jigs (www.kgenterprise.com) and drifting live bait. Subsurface action at daylight on Rat-L-Traps and walking baits.
To book a guided trip for largemouth or stripers contact JR's Guide Service at (830) 833-5688 or email [email protected]
LAKE LBJ: Water clearing; 80 degrees; 824.87' :
Black Bass are fair early on white/chart. Terminator
buzzbaits, Silver Shiner Rat-L-Traps(www.rat-l-trap.com) and 6" Ice Tea Scoundrel worms on Whacky rigs in 3'-6' along seawalls and docks. Later, try a watermelon/red Sliding Weight Finesse Craw Fish(www.slidingweight.com) or "smokin' green" Devil's
Tongue(www.cremelure.com) on a split shot rig in 5'-8' along rip rap.
White Bass are good at night on 1/8 oz. In-Line spinners and bleeding shiner Tiny Traps.
Crappie are good at night on white Curb's crappie jigs and minnows.
For info. or to book a guided fishing trip contact the only guides fishing LBJ for over 40 years; JR's Guide Service (www.jrguideservice.com) Call (830) 833-5688 or email:[email protected].
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