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Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas
Capt. Jim Files
March 11, 2005
Canyon Lake - Freshwater Fishing Report
Canyon Lake: Water clear; 63 degrees; 910':
Largemouth are very good to 9 lbs over flats in 4'-10' using Texas rigged pumpkin-chart. Snap Back lizards (www.terminatorlures.com), chrome-blue or crawfish-orange Rat-L-Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com) and 4"
Scoundrel worms on drop shot rigs in beds.
Smallmouth are very good over rock piles and along ledges in 4'-15'on all chartreuse Terminator spinnerbaits, 1/8 oz. crawfish Spin Traps, rootbeer-grn. 3" grubs and 4" pumpkin lizards.
Stripers are good to 24" in 17'-25' along breaklines in bays and channels jigging Pirk Minnows, 4" Spoiler Shads (www.cremelure.com),pearl 1/4 oz. Blade Runners (www.lakeviewlures.com) and trolling 1/2 oz. white
Hyper Striper jigs (www.kgenterprise.com) in 26' along saddles and ledges in bays.
White Bass are very good over gravel bars in 2'-6' using chartreuse Lit'l Fishies (www.cremelure.com), 1" grubs and 1/16 oz. Beetle Spins.
Crappie are fair to good in brushpiles 8'-18' on red-chartreuse crappie Tube Jigs and 1/16 oz. chartreuse Curb's crappie jigs.
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; 61 degrees; 1019':
Largemouth are good 2'-6' deep in creeks and secondary feeders using white-char. (new stainless) Terminator spinnerbaits, crawfish 1/4 oz. Rat-L-Trap (www.rat-l-trap.com), and grn-pumpkin/char. Whacky Sticks.
On bright sunny days, at mid-morning we switch to plastics like watermelon-red Devil's Tongues (www.cremelure.com) on drop shot rigs, pumpkin Snap Back lizards (www.terminatorlures.com) and watermelon-red Craw Tubes (www.cremelure.com) fished closer to initial breaklines in feeder creeks.
Stripers are very good in 30' from the Willows to Mud Island trolling white-chartreuse Hyper Striper jigs (www.kgenterprise.com), jigging 1/2 oz.
silver Pirk Minnows and white bucktails with grub trailers.
White bass are good in 14'-28' along creek points and up the main channel on 1/4 oz. Pirk Minnows, 3" Spoiler Shads (www.cremelure.com) and 1/4 oz. pearl Blade Runners.
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 stained; 61 degrees; 824.75':
Black Bass are very good to 7 lbs in 2'-5' in creeks and pockets using Texas rigged crawfish 4" Craw Tubes (www.cremelure.com), white-chartreuse 3/8 oz.
(new stainless series) Terminator spinnerbaits (www.terminatorlures.com) and crawfish Rat-L-Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com). Bedding bass in pockets will fall for a grn-pumpkin/char. Snap Back lizard, pumpkin-char. Whacky Stick rigged wacky style on a 3/0 "K" Wacky Hook (www.falconlures.com).
White Bass are very good in 18' along channel turns under birds jigging silver 1/4 oz. Pirk Minnows, chrome Tiny Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com) and 1/4 oz. pearl Blade Runners (www.lakeviewlures.com).
Crappie are improving around docks using chartreuse 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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