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Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas
Capt. Jim Files
July 29, 2007
Canyon Lake - Freshwater Fishing Report
Canyon Lake: Water murky-clear; 83 degrees; 918.73':
Largemouth are fair to good in flooded bushes and grass bank shallow at sunrise and all day under cloud cover on JDC Skip-N-Pop topwaters, watermelon Whacky Sticks and later on Texas rigged blue flake worms and drop shot Devil's Tongues along breaklines and ledges.
Smallmouth are fair early in 12- 28 feet using smoke JDC grubs, and 3/16 oz. pumpkin Curb's jigs w/matching JDC craw trailers.
Stripers are slow to fair trolling Gizz 4 crankbaits over and around humps and jigging 1 oz. Pirk Minnows at daylight.
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) 868-7042 or email: [email protected].
Lake LBJ Water Stained-Murky, 84 degrees, 824.63'
Largemouth are improved early where you find clear water in 4-12 feet using white Curb's Erratic jigs, perch colored crankbaits, flipping green-pumpkin tubes and Texas rigged Big Pigs to docks and laydowns.
Stripers to 2 inches good at night on Creme Lure's 2 inch Spoiler Shads and Little Fishies.
White Bass fair to good at night on Little Fishies.
Crappie are fair to good over brush piles in clear water on Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows.
Channel Catfish are very good on worms, liver and
dip bait.
Yellow and Blue Catfish are very good on trotlines using goldfish and perch.
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) 868-7042 or email [email protected].
Lake Buchanan: Water: turbid-mostly clear; 83 degrees; 1018.11'
Largemouth are fair to good at first light along breaklines of flats in in Morgan and Silver Creeks using JDC Skip-N-Pop topwaters, watermelon Flukes, Rat-L-Traps and watermelon-red Whacky Sticks.
Stripers are good at first light on the surface on Spoiler Shads plastic swim baits and drifting or freelining live bait around Lighthouse Point.
White Bass are fair but small in clear water on Tiny Traps and 2 inch plastic swim baits.
Crappie fair in clear water using pink/white or chartreuse Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows..
Channel Catfish are good on liver, minnows and dip baits.
Yellow and Blue Catfish are very good on rod/reel, juglines and trotlines upriver using goldfish and perch.
To book a guided trip for largemouth or stripers
contact JR's Guide Service www.jrguideservice.com
Call (830) 868-7042 or email [email protected]
Choke Canyon: Water Turbid-Murky; 84 degrees
Largemouth are very slow; i.e., 2 fish per DAY is typical.
The lake is almost 12' high and the Frio and Nueces are
out of there banks. Fish are hunkered down and
there is practically no bite deep, shallow or in between.
White Bass N/A
Crappie N/A
Channel Catfish are very good.
Blue and Flathead Catfish are very good upriver.
To book a guided trip for bass contact JR's Guide Service. Call (830) 868-7042 or email Jim at [email protected].
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