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Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas
Capt. Jim Files
July 15, 2004
Canyon Lake - Freshwater Fishing Report
CANYON LAKE: Water gin clear; 84 degrees; 910' :
Largemouth are fair to good at first light along 4'-10' breaklines on wacky rigged Whacky Sticks (www.cremelure.com), weighted Albino Shad Snap Back jerkbaits (www.canyonlakefishing.com) & pumpkin/chart.
5" finesse worms . During the day, turn your attention to open water ledges and humps from 12'-25' deep where deep cranking shad colored crankbaits and Carolina rigs with green pumpkin Snap Back jerkbaits
produce. Upriver, the early A.M. bite is pretty good using shallow running crankbaits, 'deadsticking' 4" green pumpkin Wacky Sticks or Senkos rigged on "K" Wacky Hooks along laydowns in 5'- 8' of water. Pro's Soft Bait Glue (www.prosoftbaitglue.com) extends
the life of expensive soft plastics by enabling you to repair tears on the water and saves you money!
Smallmouth are fair along bluffs in 12'-25' using smoke/red Snap Back tubes (www.canyonlakefishing.com), watermelon/gold flake Yamamoto Cut Tail worms on 1/8 oz. jigheads and smoke Wacky Sticks.
Stripers are slow. Anglers can expect a slow bite by trolling Hyper Striper jigs on downriggers in 60'-75', vertically jigging 1 oz. pirk Minnows and tight-
lining live bait near the dam.
White Bass are fair at night under green lights on Curb's crappie jigs and 1-12" Lit'l Fishie.
Crappie are fair to good upriver in 6'-10' dabblin' white 1/32 oz. crappie jigs and minnows.
For area info. or to book a guided trip with the most experienced,recommended, Fulltime, professional guides on the lake contact JR's Guide Service (www.jrguideservice.com) call (830) 833-5688
or email [email protected], or see us at Fisherman's Corner,(www.canyonlakefishing.com), 21910 FM 306 at Potter's Creek Rd., 210-213-2534. This Bass Pro dealer has the largest selection of professional tackle of any dealer in the area; Terminator, Berkley,
Lucky Craft, Rat-L-Trap, Creme, ABU/Garcia, Yamamoto and the exclusive dealer in the whole area for Yozuri crankbaits.
LAKE LBJ: Water stained; 84 degrees; 824.82':
Black Bass are good at night and first light at the top of channel break-lines on 1/4 oz. blue/chartreuse Terminator (www.terminatorlures.com)spinnerbaits, cranking black Photon glow crankbaits (www.photonlures.com), 3" plastic swimbaits and black buzzbaits. During the heat of the day we work
boat docks by skipping and "deadsticking" a 4" watermelon/red Whacky Stick (www.cremelure.com) or wacky rigged chameleon/blue Scoundrel worm on a "K" Wacky Hook (www.falconlures.com) as far under the dock as possible. Try adding a drop of Pro's Soft Bait Glue (www.prosoftbaitglue.com)to the hookeye when rigging soft plastics to keep them from slipping.
Stripers are good to 20" at night using 2" Lit'l Fishie Shads, #5 Terminator In-Line spinners and free-lining live perch.
White Bass are excellent (40-60 fish/night trip) at night to 2 lbs on 1-1/2" Lit'l Fishie, white Curb's crappie jigs and #3 Terminator titanium In-Line spinners.
Crappie are very good at night in 8'-14' on white Curb's Crappie Jigs and 1-12" Lit'l Fishie.
**Our guided night trips are producing limits of white bass, several crappie and stripers for all anglers on each trip.** To book a guided fishing trip with the only fulltime professional guides fishing LBJ for over 40 years contact JR's Guide Service
(www.jrguideservice.com). Call (830) 833-5688 or email: [email protected]
LAKE BUCHANAN: Water clear; 83 degrees; 1017.40':
Largemouth are fair to good early along shallow ledges and open water humps in 8'-15' using watermelon/red Snap Back jerkbaits (www.terminatorlures.com) on Carolina rigs, a Glow Cisco crankbait
(www.photonlures.com) and slowrolling a 3/8 oz. Silver Shad Terminator spinnerbait. Bass are suspending during the heat of the day. Summer is the time for soft plastics. The most innovative product for
extending the life of these lures is Pro's Soft Bait Glue (www.prosoftbaitglue.com)
Stripers are fair to good in 28'-35' from Black Rock to the dam bottom trolling white/chartreuse Hyper Striper jigs (www.kgenterprise.com)w/plastic trailers, vertically jigging 1/2 oz. Pirk Minnows and tight-lining live bait over humps.
White Bass are slow in 25' on creek points jigging Pirk Minnow,blue Spoiler Shads (www.cremelure.com) on jigheads and 1/8 oz. Spin Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com).
To book a guided trip for Striped Bass or Largemouth contact JR's Guide Service (www.jrguideservice.com). Call (830) 833-5688 or email [email protected].
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