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Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas
Capt. Jim Files
September 25, 2003
Canyon Lake - Freshwater Fishing Report
CANYON LAKE: Water gin clear; 76 degrees; 908.48':
Largemouth are good along 5'-12' breaklines in stumps and standing timber pitching a 4" smoke/red flake Snap Back tube (www.terminatorlures.com), watermelon/red Bush Pig (www.cremelure.com) or working a 3" plastic swim bait (www.canyonlakefishing.com) down sloping points into 20'of water.
Smallmouth are fair to 3 lbs. along steep bluff banklines in 10'-20' on a split shot rigged pumpkinseed Sliding Weight Finesse Craw Fish(www.canyonlakefishing.com), 3" rootbeer grubs and white 4" Whacky Stick. Grub's, Whacky Sticks worms
and all soft plastics with just a drop of Pro's Soft Bait Glue (www.prosoftbaitglue.com).
Stripers are slow in 70'-90' of water on Hyper Striper jigs(www.kgenterprise.com) and large swim baits or tightling live perch. Topwater action improves as the water temperature drops.
White Bass slow along the dam in 25' on white 3" grubs, Frenzy crankbaits and best vertically jigging a 1/4 oz. Pirk Minnow.
Crappie are fair on minnows.
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, Yamamoto, Zoom, ABU, Zebco and more.
LAKE LBJ: Water stained; 76 degrees; 824.85':
Largemouth are fair to good along 5'-8' breaklines of stumpfields and around laydowns using a white 7/16 oz. tungsten spinnerbait (www.terminatorlures.com), 1/4 oz. Rat-L-Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com) and 4" blue flake Whacky Sticks (www.cremelure.com).
White Bass are fair early using Terminator In-Line spinners, Tiny Traps and white curl tail grubs.
Crappie are fair over brushpiles in 15' on minnows and
white 1/16 oz. Curb's crappie jigs.
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; 1014.62':
Largemouth are fair in 8'-15' along creek points pitching a green pumpkin Craw Tube www.cremelurec.om), 1/4 oz. pumpkin pepper Terminator Pro jig (www.terminatorlures.com) with matching Uncle Josh (www.unclejosh.com) pork trailer and blue flake Snap Back worms. Soft plastics can be repaired or
affixed to hooks and jigheads better and easier to increase your bite to hookup ratio by using a drop of Pro's Soft Bait Glue (www.prosoftbaitglue.com).
Stripers are fair to good drifting live bait and trolling Hyper Striper jigs (www.kgenterprise.com) in 25'-30' from Flag Island to the Willows. Limited topwater and sub-surface action on Rat-L-Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com).
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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