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Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas
Capt. Jim Files
August 19, 2004
Canyon Lake - Freshwater Fishing Report
CANYON LAKE: Water gin clear; 84 degrees; 910':
Largemouth are fair to good at first light in 8'-15' on redbug/chart Whacky Sticks, white 7/16 oz. tungsten spinnerbaits (www.terminatorlures.com). Ledges and open water humps in 20'-30' are holding suspended fish during the day. Carolina rigging a pumpkin/chartreuse Snap Back lizard or chartreuse Craw Tubes will
get their attention. Upriver, bass are good to 6 lbs. using a 3/8 oz. white/blue/chartreuse Terminator spinnerbait, pitching watermelon/red Snap Back creature Baits and wacky rigged red shad plastic stickbaits like Wacky Sticks (www.cremelure.com).
Smallmouth are good to 3 lbs on smoke/red Snap Back tubes and Smokin' Green Devil's Tongues on drop shot rigs and white plastic stickbaits like Whacky Sticks, rootbeer/green curl tail grubs on jigheads
Striped Bass are very slow in 60'-80' vertically jigging 1 oz. Pirk Minnows.
White Bass are very slow.
Crappie are fair upriver on Curb's crappie jigs and minnows.
For area info. or to book a guided trip with the most experienced, Fulltime,guides on this lake contact JR's Guide Service (www.jrguideservice.com); call (830) 833-5688 or email [email protected]. Live bait, terminal tackle and information is available at Canyon Bait House 15605 Cranes Mill Rd, (830) 899-9747.
LAKE LBJ: Water stained; 86 degrees; 824.85':
Largemouth are fair to good to 5 lbs at first light along 5'-10' breaklines and points on a silver buzzbait (www.falconlures.com)green shad Photon crankbaits (www.photonlures.com), deadsticking junebug plastic stickbaits and watermelon/red Snap
Back tubes (www.terminatorlures.com), red shad Craw Tubes (www.cremelure.com) along and under docks.
Striped Bass are fair to 20" at night on 2" Lit'l Fishie Shads,Terminator 1/8 oz. In-Line spinners and free-lining live bait.
White Bass are very good from midnight to daylight to 2 lbs on 1-1/2" Lit'l Fishies and white Curb's crappie jigs with spinners.
Crappie are fair to good at night using white Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows along docks.
**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]
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