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Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas
Capt. Jim Files
October 17, 2003
Canyon Lake - Freshwater Fishing Report
CANYON LAKE: Water gin clear; 74.6 degrees; 908.16'
Largemouth good to 5 lbs in 8'-15' on mainlake and
secondary creek points with timber & brushpiles using a watermelon/red Whacky Stick(www.cremelure.com), Snap
Back smoke/red Pitchin' Tubes(www.terminatorlures.com)
and 6" Ice Tea Scoundrel worms rigged Whacky style on a "K" series hook by Falcon Lures(www.falconlures.com)
Smallmouth are good to 2 lbs. early along 8'-20' breaklines on 1/4 oz. Rat-L-Traps, rootbeer/green Yamamoto Hula Grubs (www.canyonlakefishing.com) and Sliding Weight Craw Baby (www.slidingweight.com) on split shot rigs. Drop shotting a pumpkin Devil's Tongue with the tail dipped chartreuse in 20' will produce if/when the shallower bite slows.
Stripers are very good at daylight on the surface under birds using 4" medium diving Frenzy Minnow (www.berkley.com)blue glimmer Snap Back jerkbait(www.canyonlakefishing.com) on a heavy jighead and burning a white/chart. Hyper Striper
(www.kgenterprise.com) jig through schools under birds.
White Bass are slow vertically jigging 1/4 oz. Pirk Minnows,Tiny Traps and Spoiler Shads.
Crappie are fair tight to standing timber in 8-12 feet on minnows, a 2" shad Swirltail grub or 1/32 oz. white Curb's crappie jigs.
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; 75 degrees; 824.65' :
Largemouth are good in 3'-10' along creek points and along rip rap on 1/4 oz. Rat-L-Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com), 1/4 oz. white/chart. Terminator spinnerbaits (www.terminatorlures.com) and watermelon/red Bush Pigs (www.cremelure.com). A grape
6" Scoundrel worm rigged Whacky style on a 2/0 or 3/0 "K" Whacky hook by Falcon Lures (www.falconlures.com) is producing numbers of fish from docks on blue bird clear days.
White Bass are good early along channel breaklines on Spoiler Shads, Terminator In-Line spinners and # 5 Shad Raps.
Crappie are fair to good over brushpiles in 14' of water on live minnows, shad/clear curl tail grubs and white Curb's crappie jigs.
To book a guided fishing trip with the only Fulltime,
Professional guide service fishing Lake LBJ for over 40 yrs contact JR's Guide Service www.jrguideservice.com Call (830) 833-5688 or email: [email protected].
LAKE BUCHANAN: Water clear; 75 degrees; 1016.15'
Largemouth are good early and late along points with stumps or laydowns in 4' to 8' of water using a white/chart small profile 7/17 oz. (www.terminatorlures.com) tungsten
spinnerbait, 1/4 oz. Rat-L-Traps(www.rat-l-trap.com) and pitching a watermelon Craw Tube (www.cremelure.com).
Stripers are good to 28" inches tight-lining live bait, trolling 1/2 oz. Hyper Striper jigs(www.kgenterprise.com) with trailers and working schools on the surface with topwaters and Pirk
Minnows.
White Bass are fair on lake points on Pirk Minnows, Spoiler Shads and Tiny Traps.
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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