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Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas
Capt. Jim Files
May 4, 2007
Canyon Lake - Freshwater Fishing Report
Canyon Lake: Water clear; 70 degrees; 911.08':
Largemouth are good in 8'-15' in treelines bank-
shallow, in grass using rootbeer-green flake Baby
Brush Hogs, JDC Skip-N-Pop topwaters in feeder
creeks and cotton candy Scoundrel worms on shaky
jigheads.
Smallmouth are good in 8' to 15' along mainlake
points ledges and rockpiles using rootbeer JDC grubs
& craws, smoke-red tubes on ball jigheads and
Bleeding Shad Tiny Traps.
Stripers are slow. to fair trolling Gizz 4 crankbaits
and Shad Raps.
White Bass are fair in 4'-8' upriver using Road Runners
and slow in the main lake.
Crappie are fair to good around submerged brushpiles
along breaklines using Curb's crappie jigs and live
minnows.
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].
Lake LBJ: Water stained; 71 degrees; 824.92':
Largemouth are good to 7-1/2 lbs in 4'-12' along
docks, rip rap of seawalls and breaklines w/stumps and
laydowns using watermelon-red Flukes, watermelon
JDC Skip-N-Pop topwaters, weightless wacky rigged
Whacky Sticks and chartreuse crankbaits.
White bass are slow to fair trolling Shad Raps.
Crappie are very good over brushpiles in 12 feet 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 clear; 70 degrees; 1005.02':
Largemouth are good in 4' to 12' along breaklines
of creek bluffs, areas w/ submerged grass and in coves/
pockets using pumpklin Skip-N-Pop topwaters, Bleeding
Shad 'Traps, weightless, wacky rigged watermelon/
purple flake Whacky Sticks.
Stripers to 23" are good from Flag Island to Black Rock in 20'-30' using topwaters and 'Traps at first light, jigging white Curb's bucktail jigs and drifting live bait through schools.
White Bass are slow 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]
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