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Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas
Capt. Jim Files
February 28, 2005
Canyon Lake - Freshwater Fishing Report
Canyon Lake: Water clear; 60 degrees; 909':
Largemouth are very good to 10 lbs in 5'-12' (and shallower) along/above breaklines of sloping points on pumpkin-chart. Snap Back (www.terminatorlures.com) lizards, crawfish Rat-L-Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com)
and Texas rigged pumpkin plastic stickbaits like 5" Whaky Sticks (www.cremelure.com). Upriver, bass are consistently good to over 5 lbs. working stumps and laydowns in 2'-6' on flats of channel turns with a
all red Terminator (new series of stainless) spinner-baits, watermelon-red Snap Back soft jerkbaits rigged on a 5/0 Bait Jerker Hook by Falcon Lures
(www.falconlures.com) and pitching crawfish colored Craw Tubes (www.cremelure.com).
Smallmouth are good to 5 lbs. on crawfish tubes, pumpkin Sliding Weight (www.slidingweight.com) craw fish and rootbeer-green curl tail grubs.
Stripers fair to good along channel breaklines in 35' vertically jigging 1/2 silver Pirk Minnows, 3" Spoiler Shads and white bucktails w/grub trailers.
White Bass are very good staging for the spawning run in 25'-40'on 1/4 oz. silver Pirk Minnows, 2" Spoiler Shads and Blade Runners (www.lakeviewlures.com).
Flathead and Blue Catfish are good to 19 pounds on juglines.
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; 55 degrees; 1019.84' :
Largemouth are good to over 5 lbs. in 5'-15' dead-sticking bubblegum Snap Back soft jerkbaits (www.terminatorlures.com), 1/4 oz. crawfish
Rat-L-Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com), pitching watermelon-red Craw Tubes (www.cremelure.com) and working suspending Rogues on steep points.
Stripers are good from The Willows uplake in 30' trolling 1/2 oz. Hyper Striper jigs with trailers, throwing large diving shad-imitators or chrome Spin Traps to surfacing schools.
White Bass are fair to good staging just inside the mouth of large creeks and the main river channel below Mud Island using 2" Spoiler Shad (www.cremelure.com) swim baits, Tiny Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com)
and white Road Runners.
Crappie are fair to good under baited docks and brushpiles on white or chartreuse Curbs 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
Lake LBJ: Water clear; 55 degrees; 823.83' (1' Low)
Largemouth are really good on sloping creek points on Texas Red Terminator stainless series spinnerbaits (www.terminatorlures.com) 1/4 oz. # 46 Rat-L-Traps
(www.rat-l-trap.com) and Texas rigged weightless black-blue Wacky Sticks (www.cremelure.com).
White Bass are improving in channels and the main lake
vertically jigging Pirk Minnows, chrome Tiny Traps and Spoiler Shads swim baits.
Crappie are fair under docks on Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows.
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].
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