06-03-2005, 09:36 PM
Canyon Lake: Water gin clear; 80 degrees; 910':
Largemouth are good at daylight in 2'-6' around stumps & stickups using unweighted Whacky Sticks www.cremelure.com), Snap Back soft jerkbaits, & along bluff ledges in 8'-25 on C-rigged grn-pumpkin Skeet Reese (www.terminatorlures.com) creature baits, Ice Tea Scoundrel worms rigged on an 1/8th oz. jighead and 4" blood worms on drop shot rigs. Upriver, there is a good early AM topwater/subsurface bite over flats in 3'-8' and along points of channel turns using watermelon JDC topwater Skip-N-Pops (www.jdcbaits.com), white 1/8th oz. Terminator buzzbaits,deadsticking white 4" soft jerkbaits w/chart. tails & wacky rigged Ice Tea Scoundrel worms on a 2/0"K" Wacky Hook www.falconlures.com).
Smallmouth are good to 3.5 lbs. at night on points, along ledges of bluffs and over rock piles in 5'-25' on a black, short-arm single blade Terminator spinnerbaits, blk/brn 1/8th oz. jigs w/Uncle Josh pork trailers & split shot rigged Sliding Weight Craw Baby ( www.slidingweight.com).
Stripers fair at night on pearl Blade Runners (www.lakeviewlures.com)& Pirk Minnows.
White Bass are good at night under lights on 1-1/2" Lit'l Fishies, crappie jigs and minnows.
Crappie are fair to good upriver in 10'-20' in stickups and tree tops using blue-chartreuse Tube Lures, white crappie jigs and minnows.
For area info. or to book a guided trip with the only licensed, fulltime professional guides fishing Canyon Lake contact JR's Guide Service(www.jrguideservice.com). Call (830) 833-5688 or email jimfish@moment.net. Your most convenient source for live bait and tackle is Canyon Bait House, Cranes Mill Rd., (830) 899-9747.
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Lake LBJ: Water stained; 80 degrees; 824.86':
Bass are very good to 6 lbs at daylight along docks, rip rap and 4'-10' break-lines on watermelon-red Whacky Sticks www.cremelure.com), watermelon JDC topwaters, 1/8 oz. Big Eyez buzz-baits (www.falconlures.com), 1/4 oz. Bleeding Shad Rat-L-Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com), When the motion bait action slows, work channel breaks & points w/ Devil's Tongues www.cremelure.com), Skeet Reese grn-pumpkin Creature Baits (www.terminatorlures.com) & wacky rigged 6" wtrmelon-red Scoundrel worm under and around deep water docks and rip rap.
Stripers are good at night on Spoiler Shads, Blade Runners
(www.lakeviewlures.com) and white curl tail grubs.
White Bass are very good at night to 15" using 1-1/2" Lit'l Fishes, Spoiler Shads (www.cremelure.com) & Tiny Traps ( www.rat-l-trap.com),
Crappie are good at night over brushpiles under lights in 12' of water on crappie jigs and 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: jimfish@moment.net. *Our night trips are very successful; 30-50 fish per trip. Please book night trips as far
in advance as possible*.
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Largemouth are good at daylight in 2'-6' around stumps & stickups using unweighted Whacky Sticks www.cremelure.com), Snap Back soft jerkbaits, & along bluff ledges in 8'-25 on C-rigged grn-pumpkin Skeet Reese (www.terminatorlures.com) creature baits, Ice Tea Scoundrel worms rigged on an 1/8th oz. jighead and 4" blood worms on drop shot rigs. Upriver, there is a good early AM topwater/subsurface bite over flats in 3'-8' and along points of channel turns using watermelon JDC topwater Skip-N-Pops (www.jdcbaits.com), white 1/8th oz. Terminator buzzbaits,deadsticking white 4" soft jerkbaits w/chart. tails & wacky rigged Ice Tea Scoundrel worms on a 2/0"K" Wacky Hook www.falconlures.com).
Smallmouth are good to 3.5 lbs. at night on points, along ledges of bluffs and over rock piles in 5'-25' on a black, short-arm single blade Terminator spinnerbaits, blk/brn 1/8th oz. jigs w/Uncle Josh pork trailers & split shot rigged Sliding Weight Craw Baby ( www.slidingweight.com).
Stripers fair at night on pearl Blade Runners (www.lakeviewlures.com)& Pirk Minnows.
White Bass are good at night under lights on 1-1/2" Lit'l Fishies, crappie jigs and minnows.
Crappie are fair to good upriver in 10'-20' in stickups and tree tops using blue-chartreuse Tube Lures, white crappie jigs and minnows.
For area info. or to book a guided trip with the only licensed, fulltime professional guides fishing Canyon Lake contact JR's Guide Service(www.jrguideservice.com). Call (830) 833-5688 or email jimfish@moment.net. Your most convenient source for live bait and tackle is Canyon Bait House, Cranes Mill Rd., (830) 899-9747.
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Lake LBJ: Water stained; 80 degrees; 824.86':
Bass are very good to 6 lbs at daylight along docks, rip rap and 4'-10' break-lines on watermelon-red Whacky Sticks www.cremelure.com), watermelon JDC topwaters, 1/8 oz. Big Eyez buzz-baits (www.falconlures.com), 1/4 oz. Bleeding Shad Rat-L-Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com), When the motion bait action slows, work channel breaks & points w/ Devil's Tongues www.cremelure.com), Skeet Reese grn-pumpkin Creature Baits (www.terminatorlures.com) & wacky rigged 6" wtrmelon-red Scoundrel worm under and around deep water docks and rip rap.
Stripers are good at night on Spoiler Shads, Blade Runners
(www.lakeviewlures.com) and white curl tail grubs.
White Bass are very good at night to 15" using 1-1/2" Lit'l Fishes, Spoiler Shads (www.cremelure.com) & Tiny Traps ( www.rat-l-trap.com),
Crappie are good at night over brushpiles under lights in 12' of water on crappie jigs and 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: jimfish@moment.net. *Our night trips are very successful; 30-50 fish per trip. Please book night trips as far
in advance as possible*.
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