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Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas
Capt. Jim Files
July 31, 2003
Canyon Lake - Freshwater Fishing Report
Lake LBJ: Water stained; 85 degrees; 824.75':
Black Bass are fair at daylight using watermelon/red Whacky Sticks*
(www.cremelure.com), white/chartreuse Tiny-T spinnerbaits
(www.terminatorlures.com) along rip rap and pitching black/blue
flake Craw Tubes* around docks, weeds and laydowns on breaklines.
White Bass are very good at night using 1/16th oz. Road Runners,
1-1/2" Lit'l Fishie Shads and white Curb's Crappie Jigs w/spinners.
Crappie are fair to good in 14' of water over brushpiles during the day
and at night under lights on 1/32 oz. Curbs crappie jigs and minnows.
For area info. or to book a guided fishing trip with the only Fulltime,
professional guides with over 40 years experience on LBJ contact
JR's Guide Service (www.jrguideservice.com). Call (830) 833-5688
or email [email protected].
LAKE BUCHANAN: Water clear; 85 degrees; 1016.07':
Largemouth to are fair early in 4'-8' on 1/4 oz.
Rat-L-Traps(www.rat-l-trap.com), 1/4 oz. Tungsten* white spinnerbaits(www.terminatorlures.com) and 4" grn./pumkin Whacky Stick* w/char. tails (www.cremelure.com). and Texas rigged 7" wtrmelon/red Snap Back worms worked slowly along mainlake bluffs and points.
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 on 'Traps and Spooks.
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].
CANYON LAKE: Water "gin" clear; 85 degrees; 909':
Largemouth are fair to good to 4 lbs. main lake points in 4'-8' on clear Rat-L-Tops (www.rat-l-trap.com), plastic swim baits (www.canyonlakefishing.com) and Sil. Shad 1/4 oz. Terminator spinnerbaits. Upriver, a blk/blue Whacky Stick (www.cremelure.com),7" Junebug Snap Back worms and black/blue craw tubes* pitched
tight to brush and standing timber along bluffs is producing.
Smallmouth are fair early in 10'-20' along bluffs on 3" pumpkin craw worms (www.cremelure.com), pumpkin Devil's Tongues on drop shot rigs and 3" rootbeer Yamamoto Hula Grubs.
Stripers are slow along the dam at daylight trolling white/gray 1/2 oz. Hyper Striper jigs(www.kgenterprise.com) w/trailers, vertically
jigging 1 oz. Pirk Minnows and/or tightlining live bait over humps in 70'.
White Bass are fair at daylight in 20' just off the rip rap at the dam using Frenzy Rattlin' Pro crankbaits, Tiny Traps and small swim baits.
Crappie are spotty but good in 5'-12' of water when you find them on minnows, Curb's crappie jigs and 1/16 oz. Road Runners tight to brush and standing timber.
For area info. or to book a guided fishing trip contact the only licensed,Fulltime, professional guide service on Canyon Lake - JR'sGuide 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.
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