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Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas
Capt. Jim Files
November 24, 2005
Canyon Lake - Freshwater Fishing Report
Canyon Lake: Water gin clear; 62 degrees; 907.15':
Largemouth are good in 2'-12' along chunk & boulder rock inside of vertical timber w/deeper water nearby using Texas rigged watermelon-red Creme Scoundrel worms, 4" pumpkin Ring Worms and smoke-red Snap Back tubes. Bass are schooled up by year class roaming openwater flats and creek channels feeding on shad on the surface. Spinnerbaits plastic swim baits, swimming a JDC 4" Strike Grub and lipless crankbaits will be your best lure choices when you run across surface activity. Terminator football head jigs & silver Pirk Minnows (around pods of shad)are producing when worked down secondary points and/or natural submerged rock jetties in 12'-25'.
Smallmouth are very good over shallow rockpiles and along bluff ledges in 3'-10' on smoke colored 4" inch JDC grubs, 1/4 oz. Rat-L-Traps and split shot rigged Devil's Tongues.
Stripers are improving but surface activity is short-lived over areas with humps in 40'-60' vertically jigging Pirk Minnows, weighted white Snap Back jerkbaits and cranking deep diving Rogues.
For lodging suggestions or to book a guided trip w/the only licensed, fulltime, professional guides fishing Canyon Lake contact JR's Guide Service (www.jrguideservice.com). Call: (830) 833-5688 or email [email protected]. Your best source
for live bait, tackle and accurate/honest info. is Canyon Bait House (www.canyonbaithouse.com), 15605 Cranes Mill Rd., (830) 899-9747. **Canyon Bait House is the exclusive area dealer for JDC BAITS**
Lake Buchanan: Water clear; 60 degrees; 1013.76' (6' low)
Bass fishing continues to be very good with largemouth
holding to annual fall patterns of high activity, foraging and feeding along and inside of mainlake and secondary points of pockets from Hog Island to Cedar Point . Spinnerbaits and lipless crankbaits are the most effective lures for covering a lot of shallow water over flats where the most active fish are positioned.
Largemouth are good to 6 lbs over flats with stumps and laydowns in 2'-6' using 1/4 oz. Bleeding Shad Rat-l-Traps,white custom tungsten Terminator spinnerbaits and Texas rigged green-pumpkin Scoundrel worms. Chartreuse-blue back crankbaits and Carolina rigged Big Pig Creature Baits
Stripers are good to 26" in 30' from Flag to Shaw Island vertically jigging 1/2 oz. Pirk Minnows, white bucktails w/plastic trailers and tight-lining live bait.
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].
Lake LBJ: Water clear; 61 degrees; 825.85' (full)
Bass are good in 4'-10' in brushpiles along channel breaklines, docks and laydowns using Rat-L-Traps, Texas rigged green-pumpkin Scoundrel worms & white-chartreuse-blue Terminator spinnerbaits.
Stripers are day to day in the shoals on natural 3" Spoiler Shads and Rat-L-Traps and Terminatro In-Line spinners.
To book a guided trip w/ 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].
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