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Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas
Capt. Jim Files
July 23, 2003
Canyon Lake - Freshwater Fishing Report
CANYON LAKE: Water clear; 86.5 degrees; 910.11':
Largemouth are fair to good at daylight in 4'-8' along mainlake points on 1/4 oz. Silver Terminator spinnerbaits, 1/4 oz. Frenzy Pro's and Whacky rigged Ice Tea Scoundrel worms or watermelon/char.
Bush Pig (www.cremelure.com) and Carolina rigging watermelon colored Snap Back jerkbait (www.canyonlakefishing.com) in 25'-30' of water on secondary points in larger creeks. Upriver, the water is finally clearing and clients have been most successful pitching a junebug Craw Tube(www.cremelure.com) to standing timber along
bluffs in 12' of water. Upriver, water tem. is 87 degrees.
Smallmouth are fair along bluffs early in 12'-25" using 3" rootbeer curl tail grubs, smoke 3" Super Tubes and smoke Yamamoto Cut Tail worms(www.canyonlakefishing.com), on 1/8 oz. jig heads
and working them all slowly down bluff ledges.
Stripers are slow along mainlake points in 70(plus) feet trolling Hyper Striper jigs(www.kgenterprise.com) with trailers, vertically jigging 1 oz. Pirk Minnows and drifting live bait.
White Bass fair at night under lights using 1-1/2" Lit'l Fishie Tiny Traps(www.rat-l-trap.com) and drifting minnows in 10'-30'.
Crappie are fair upriver tight to timber and brush using 1/32 oz. Road Runners and minnows.
For area info. or to book a guided fishing trip contact the only licensed,
Fulltime, professional guide service on Canyon Lake - JR's Guide Service (www.jrguideservice.com). Call (830) 833-5688, email:[email protected].
Or, see us at FISHERMAN'S CORNER www.canyonlakefishing.com 21910 FM 306, (210) 213-2534. No tackle dealer in the Hill Country, around Canyon Lake or San Antonio has the selection/variety of tackle and lure selection of quality products that actually produce on area lakes: Terminator, Berkley,
Creme, Yamamoto, Zoom and more. Complete line of trout tackle and live bait.
LAKE BUCHANAN: Water clear; 85 degrees; 1016.50':
Largemouth to are fair early in 6'-12' on 1/4 oz.
Rat-L-Traps(www.rat-l-trap.com), Texas Rigged 4"
watermelon pepper Brush Pig(www.cremelure.com) and
white/chart. Terminator spinnerbaits. With 85 degree surface water, fish will be active shallow only until full light hits the water at which time bass move to the shade of docks on the deepest feeder creeks. Working slow falling plastics such as a Whacky rigged watermelon/red Scoundrel worm or watermelon
Snap Back smoke/red Pitchin' Tube (www.terminatorlures.com).
Stripers are fair trolling Hyper Striper jigs(www.kgenterprise.com)and tightlining live bait in 28' of water along mainlake points near the dam early and late in the day. Some topwater activity at daylight with smaller fish.
White Bass are slow along creek points jigging 1/4 oz. Pirk Minnows, 2" Lit'l Fishie Shads, chrome Tiny Traps early.
For info. or to book a guided trip for largemouth, stripers/white bass contact JR's Guide Service (www.jrguideservice.com). Call (830) 833-5688 or email: [email protected].
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