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Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas
Capt. Jim Files
September 18, 2003
Canyon Lake - Freshwater Fishing Report
CANYON LAKE: Water gin clear; 76 degrees; 909.50':
Largemouth are very good on an early morning and late
evening shallow water bite. Bass behavior is altering. Rather than deepwater cover in trees and rockpiles where a slower, more methodical presentation with soft plastics on Texas or Carolina rigs or drop shot finesse lures was necessary for success, shallow water feeding activity has begun along initial dropoffs in close to banklines early. With water temperatures
dropping further into the 70's with each passing cold front largemouth and Guadalupe Bass will continue to follow shad out of deep water of channels to feed up shallower in 2'-6' where motion baits (faster moving lures) will be more productive and much more fun -at least for most anglers. Cooling surface temperatures drives shad shallow and the instincts of bass are to begin a migration toward feeder creeks where the fall feeding frenzy will take place. Working in and around bank-shallow stumps and stickups using a white 7/16 oz. Terminator tungsten spinnerbait (www.terminatorlures.com), Rat-L-Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com), 4" or 5" "Christmas Tree" Whacky Stick (www.cremelure.com), blue flake Senkos
(www.canyonlakefishing.com) and 2" or 3" plastic
swimbaits are producing. Pitching a watermelon Bush Pig*,3/16 oz. Falcon jig(www.falconlures.com) with matching a Uncle Josh pork trailer(www.unclejosh.com) tight to standing timber along breaklines produces if/when cloud cover fails you and the sun breaks through.
Smallmouth are good and getting more active in 5'-15' feet over points and along bluff banklines on 3" rootbeer/green grubs, Sliding Weight Finesse Craw Fish(www.slidingweight.com) and pearl Whacky Sticks (www.cremelure.com) or Senkos. The peak of activity for smallies will be when water temps. fall below 70 degrees which is usually from late Oct. to early Nov.
Stripers are improving along mainlake points in 12'-25' at first light on threadfin Rat-L-Traps and topwaters. When the shallow water action slows follow the fish deeper using electronics to track the school of baitfish while vertically jigging 1/2 oz. Pirk Minnows and/or white/silver Hyper Striper jigs (www.kgenterprise.com) with trailers. Topwater
action at first light under birds in 50' on Pirk Minnows and Red Fins.
White Bass are fair along sloping points until full light on Tiny Traps, 1/4 oz. Pirk Minnows and 2" clear/blue back Spoiler Shad.
For area info. or to book a guided fishing trip with the only Fulltime, Licensed, Professional guides on Canyon Lake contact JR's Guide Service (www.jrguideservice.com); (830) 833-5688 or e-mail:
[email protected], Or, see us at Fisherman's Corner, FM 306 at Potter's Creek Road, call (210) 213-2534 or visit them at: www.canyonlakefishing.com Check out the most complete selection of quality tackle and top brand name lures of any dealer at Canyon Lake, in San Antonio or the Hill Country: Terminator, Crème,
Berkley, Zoom, ABU, Zebco and more.
LAKE LBJ: Water stained; 77 degrees; 824.84':
Fishing is much improved now that surface temps. are dropping. Stump flats are seeing more bass feeding shallower than in the past 3 months.
Largemouth are good til mid-morning in stump fields and points in 4'-10' using 1/4 oz. threadfin Rat-L-Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com), white/char. tungsten spinnerbaits (www.terminatorlures.com) and shallow running crankbaits like the "Shallow Crank" (www.cremelure.com) along seawall rip rap.
Stripers are improving trolling channel breaklines with 1/4 oz. Hyper Striper jigs(www.kgenterprise.com) and deep diving crankbaits. Top-water and sub-surface action under birds along main channel breaklines in 30' of water.
White Bass are fair (but small) after daylight along channel breaklines trolling Shad Raps and casting 1/8 oz. Tiny Traps and Terminator In-Line spinners to fish chasing shad.
Crappie are fair over brushpiles in 15' on Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows.
To book a guided fishing trip with the only guide service fishing Lake LBJ for over 40 years contact JR's Guide Service at www.jrguideservice.com call (830) 833-5688 or e-mail: [email protected].
LAKE BUCHANAN: Water clear; 76 degrees; 1014':
Cooling surface temperatures have dissolved the algae
bloom which slowed fishing in August. With the improved water flow from the recent rains fishing is picking up and the outlook for fall fishing is very good.
Largemouth are good in 5'-12' over flats along mainlake points and in feeder creeks around the Apple Orchard on topwaters such a 1/8 oz. Tiny-T or 1/4 oz. white/char. Terminator buzzbaits (www.terminatorlures.com.) and Pop R's. In Morgan and Beaver creeks and the feeder arms Rat-L-Traps(www.rat-l-trap.com), Fat Free Shad crankbaits, 7" Snap Back blue flake worms are all productive as are watermelon Bush Pigs and Whacky rigged watermelon/red Scoundrel worms (www.cremelure.com) along ledges of bluffs behind docks positioned over deep water.
Stripers are good trolling Hyper Striper jigs(www.kgenterprise.com) and drifting live bait in 28' below Flag Island. Subsurface and topwater action is improving.
White Bass are slow in 20' on creek points.
To book a guided fishing trip for largemouth, stripers or white bass contact JR's Guide Service www.jrguideservice.com Call (830) 833-5688 or email: [email protected].
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