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Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas
Capt. Jim Files
April 18, 2007
Canyon Lake - Freshwater Fishing Report
Canyon Lake: Water clear; 67 degrees; 914.18':
Largemouth are fair to good in 5'-14' feet along
channel breaklines and standing timber, gravel flats
and bluff ledges on green-pumpkin tubes,
watermelon-red Flukes, junebug Whacky Sticks
on jigheads along breaklines of deeper creeks,
JDC Skip-N-Pop topwaters (early or under cloud
cover) and white suspending crankbaits which are
both effective in back of creeks.
Smallmouth are good in 5' to 15' along mainlake
points and ledges using rootbeer JDC curl tail grubs,
smoke-red tubes on ball jigheads and Bleeding Shad
Tiny Traps.
Stripers are fair to 20" trolling Gizz 4 crankbaits and vertically jigging Pirk Minnows and white 1/4 oz.
Curb's striper jigs.
White Bass are slow to fair upriver in 5'-10' on Road
Runners and minnows and slow in the mainlake
trolling Shad Raps.
Crappie are fair to good upriver in 12'-20' on
minnows and Curb's crappie jigs.
For lodging info. and to book a guided trip w/the most
experienced, knowledgeable fulltime guides on Canyon
contact JR's Guide Service www.jrguideservice.com
Call Jim at (830) 833-5688 or email: [email protected].
For the best selection of quality tackle, lures, live
bait, boat rentals and for honest, truthful fishing info. from people that actually fish Canyon stop by or call Boat N Go www.boatngo.com 1478 FM 2673, Sattler, TX. Call 1-877-383-2628.
Lake LBJ: Water stained; 67 degrees; 824.80':
Largemouth are good to 5.14 lbs in 4'-10' along
docks and breaklines of flats w/stumps or laydowns
on watermelon-red Flukes, watermelon-chartreuse
Big Pig creature baits, Bleeding Shad Rat-L-Traps,
white/chartreuse/blue spinnerbaits, wacky rigged
green-pumpkin Whacky Sticks and pumpkin JDC
Skip-N-Pop topwaters.
White bass are fair trolling Shad Raps and Tiny
Traps.
Crappie are fait to good over brushpiles in 8'-12' on
minnows and white Curb's crappie jigs.
To book a guided fishing trip w/the only guide
service fishing LBJ for 50 years contact Jim at
JR's Guide Service www.jrguideservice.com
Call (830) 833-5688 or email [email protected].
Lake Buchanan: Water clearing; 66 degrees; 1012.91':
Largemouth are good in 3' to 6' along breaklines
of flats with flooded grass in creeks and pockets using white-chartreuse Terminator spinnerbaits, Bleeding Shad 'Traps, weightless cotton candy Whacky Sticks on wacky rigs and Texas rigged green-pumpkin Scoundrel worms.
Stripers are fair from Shaw to Flag Island in 28'
trolling Gizz 4 crankbaits, white Curb's bucktail jigs
and drifting live bait.
White Bass are slowing down but still fair trolling Shad Raps along Hog Island and casting or jigging Pirk
Minnows and Tiny Traps above Paradise Point.
Crappie are fair on minnows and Curb's crappie jigs.
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]
Choke Canyon
Largemouth are very good to 8.14 lbs. along cove points
and stickups from 5'-12' using white/green/blue spinnerbaits with double willow leafs, watermelon-red Flukes, black/red 1/4 oz. jigs and weightless green-pumpkin Whacky Sticks.
White Bass are slow.
Crappie & Catfish are fair to good.
For specific info. check in at Callaham Store.
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