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Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas
Capt. Jim Files
September 30, 2004
Canyon Lake - Freshwater Fishing Report
Canyon Lake: Water gin clear; 78 degrees; 909':
Largemouth are good early and late on white 1/4 oz. Terminator buzzbaits (www.terminatorlures.com), pumpkin Wacky Sticks rigged on a 3/0 "K"
Wacky Hook (www.falconlures.com) and white Photon crankbaits (www.photonlures.com) in 4'-8'. Upriver, 1/8 oz. Tiny-T buzzbaits, chrome Rat-l-Tops (www.rat-l-trap.com) and Texas rigged 6" blue flake Power Worms produce in pockets along channel breaklines.
Smallmouth to 3.5 lbs. are good and improving in 15'-20' of water along bluffs and rip rap using smoke-red flake Snap Back(www.terminatorlures.com) tubes rigged on an 1/8th oz. jighead, pumpkin/brown 3/16 oz. finesse jigs w/Uncle Josh (www.unclejosh.com) pork trailers as well as, pumpkin Sliding Weight (www.slidingweight.com) Craw Baby on split shot rigs.
Striped Bass showing improvement at first light near the dam trolling 1/2 oz. white-chartreuse Hyper Striper jigs (www.kgenterprise.com) on down riggers and tightlining live shad in 60'.
White Bass slow to fair vertically jigging Pirk Minnows, Spoiler Shads (www.cremelure.com) and Tiny Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com) in 40'-50'.
Crappie are good upriver in 12'-20' using chartreuse 1/16 oz. Curb's Crappie Jigs w/spinners and live minnows.
For area information, accommodations, fishing or to book a guided trip with the most experienced,Fulltime, professional and only guide service fishing
Canyon for 40 years contact JR's Guide Service (www.jrguideservice.com). Call Jim at: (830) 833-5688 or email [email protected]. Your most convenient bait and tackle dealer to the upper end and Guadalupe River on the south side of the lake is Canyon Bait House, 15695 Cranes Mill Rd., (830) 899-9747.
Lake LBJ: Water stained; 79 degrees; 824.86':
Largemouth are good in 5'-8' deadsticking watermelon-red Snap Back jerkbaits rigged on weighted 5/0 Bait Jerker Hooks (www.falconlures.com), wacky rigged black- blue flake Wacky Sticks (www.cremelure.com) and
white-blue-chartreuse Terminator spinnerbaits (www.terminatorlures.com).
Striped Bass are good to 21" at night on 2" Lit'l Fishies, white 1/4 oz. bucktails and Terminator In-Line spinners.
White Bass are very good at night on 1-1/2" Lit'l Fishies and white grubs.
Crappie are good at night over brushpiles in 8'-15' on 1/16 oz. Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows.
**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 w/ 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; 79 degrees; 1017.
Largemouth are good early and late over flats close to creek channels using silver shad 7/17 oz. tungsten spinnerbaits(www.terminatorlures.com), pumpkin-chart weightless Whacky Sticks (www.cremelure.com) and
green bug Photon crankbaits (www.photonlures.com).
Striped Bass are improving in 30' trolling white-blue Hyper Striper jigs (www.kgenterprise.com), vertically jigging 1/2 oz. Pirk Minnows and drifting live shad.
To book a guided trip for stripers or largemouth bass contact JR's Guide Service (www.jrguideservice.com). Call (830) 833-5688 or email: [email protected].
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