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Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas
Capt. Jim Files
May 12, 2005
Canyon Lake - Freshwater Fishing Report
Canyon Lake: Water gin clear; 70 degrees; 910.47'
Largemouth are good early along bluffs and mainlake points in 8'-15' using white 7/16 oz. Terminator tungsten (www.terminatorlures.com) spinnerbaits, pumpkin-chart. Whacky Sticks (www.cremelure.com) and white Falcon Lure's buzzbaits (www.falconlures.com). Upriver, bass are good on Daquiri Skip-N-Pop topwaters (www.jdcbaits.com), 1/4 oz. Bleeding Shad 'Traps
(www.rat-l-trap.com) and Texas rigged pumpkin 4" ring worms.
Smallmouth are good on Carolina smoke-red flake Snap Back tubes, C-rigged pumpkin Sliding Weight craw fish (www.slidingweight.com) and rootbeer-green flake 3" curl tail grubs on 1/8 oz. jigheads.
White Bass are good on mainlake points on Spoiler Shads (www.cremelure.com)Blade Runners (www.lakeviewlures.com) and vertically jigging Pirk Minnows.
Crappie are good upriver in 4'-12' on 1/16th oz. Curb's crappie jigs and minnows.
For area info. or to book a guided trip with the only licensed, fulltime pro. guides fishing Canyon Lake contact JR's Guide Service (www.jrguideservice.com). Call (830) 833-5688 or email [email protected].
Your most convenient source for live bait and tackle is Canyon Bait House, Cranes Mill Rd., (830) 899-9747.
Lake LBJ: Water stained; 69 degrees; 824.84':
Largemouth are very good to 8 lbs in 2'-6' on wtrmelon-red Snap Back tubes (www.terminatorlures.com), watermelon-red Whacky Sticks (www.cremelure.com), Bleeding Shad Rat-L-Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com)
watermelon-red soft jerkbaits.
Stripers are fair to 26" at night on 2" Lit'l Fishie Shads, 4" white soft Snap Back jerkbaits rigged on a 3/0 Bait Jerker hook (www.falconlures.com) and
white bucktails.
White Bass are very good at night and early AM on Tiny Traps, Lit'l Fishies and Spoiler Shads.
Crappie are good in 2"10" on white crappie jigs and live minnows.
To book a guided trip with the only fulltime guide fishing LBJ for over 45 years contact JR's Guide Service (www.jrguideservice.com). Call (830) 833-5688 or email: [email protected].
Lake Buchanan: Water clear; 69 degrees; 1018.0':
Largemouth are good to 6 lbs using white 1/4 oz. Terminator buzzbaits (www.terminatorlures.com), weightless green-pumpkin Whacky Sticks (www.cremelure.com)and Daquiri Skip-N-Pop topwaters
(www.jdcbaits.com).
Stripers are good early in 20'-30' from Black Rock to Flag Island trolling white-blue Hyper Striper jigs, casting Spoiler Shads (www.cremelure.com), Albino-blue Snap Back soft jerkbaits rigged on a 4/0 Bait Jerker hook (www.falconlures.com) and drifting live bait.
White Bass are good in 15'-25' on 2" Spoiler Shads, pearl Blade Runners (www.lakeviewlures.com) and silver 1/4 oz. Pirk Minnows.
Crappie are good in 4'-12' using 1/16 oz. Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows.
For info. or to book a guided trip for largemouth or stripers contact JR's Guide Service (www.jrguideservice.com). Call (830) 833-5688 or email [email protected].
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