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Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas
Capt. Jim Files
February 10, 2005
Canyon Lake - Freshwater Fishing Report
Canyon Lake: Water clear; 54 degrees; 909' :
Largemouth are good along mainlake points in 10'-20' using smoke-red Snap Back (www.terminatorlures.com) tubes, #46 Rat-L-Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com) and smoke 3" curl tail grubs. Upriver, bass are good to 7 lbs. swimming a white 1/4 oz. Terminator jig w/ #11 Uncle Josh (www.unclejosh.com) pork trailer thru brushpiles and submerged trees, Texas rigged watermelon-red Big Pigs (www.cremelure.com).
Smallmouth are very good over rock piles in 8'-15' on all chartreuse New Stainless 3/8 oz. Terminator spinnerbaits, pumpkin-chartreuse Wacky Sticks
and Sliding Weight Craw Fish (www.slidingweight.com).
Stripers are fair in 40'-50' along ledges burning 1/2 oz. white/gray Hyper Striper jigs (www.kgenterprise.com) with trailers and jigging 1/4 oz. silver Pirk Minnows.
White Bass are good in 30'-40' jigging Spoiler Shads (www.cremelure.com),pearl Blade Runners (www.lakeviewlures.com), & 1/4 oz. silver or chartreuse
Pirk Minnows.
For area information, accommodations, or to book a guided trip w/the most experienced, Fulltime, professional guide service fishing Canyon for 40 years
contact JR's Guide Service (www.jrguideservice.com). Call: (830) 833-5688 or email [email protected]. Your most convenient bait and tackle dealer on
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 Buchanan: Water clear; 50 degrees; 1020' :
Largemouth are good to 5 lbs in 10'-20 feet along main and secondary creek points using Texas rigged blue flake Snap Back creature baits; 6" watermelon-chartreuse Big Pigs and black-brown 3/16 oz. Terminator
finesse jigs (www.terminatorlures.com) w/ #11 Uncle Josh pork trailers (www.unclejosh.com).
Stripers are very good from The Willows to Paradise in 25'-40' along the river channel trolling white/blue 1/2 oz. Hyper Striper jigs (www.kgenterprise.com) w/ white trailers, jigging 1/2 oz. silver Pirk Minnows
and tight-lining live bait.
White Bass are improving in open water along creek points in 30' jigging Pirk Minnows, Pearl Blade Runners (www.lakevielures.com) & chrome Tiny
Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com).
Crappie fair to 12" on the crappie dock at Hi-Line Resort using white Curb's 1/32 oz. crappie jigs and live minnows.
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]. Our headquarters on Lake Buchanan is Hi-Line Lake
Resort http://www.hilinelakeresort.com.
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