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Canyon Lake & Highland Chain of Lakes Report - JimF - 12-10-2004
Canyon Lake: Water clear; 60 degrees; 924':
Largemouth are very good in 8'-12' on hardwood, buckbrush and flooded points using green-pumpkin Snap back tubes (www.terminatorlures.com), white Terminator tungsten (www.terminatorlures.com) spinnerbaits and wacky
rigged pumpkin Whacky Sticks on a 3/0 "K" Wacky Hook (www.falconlures.com).
Smallmouth are good to 3 lbs. in 12'-20' on blue-char. Fat Free Shads, 3" smoke curl grubs, pumpkin-brown 3/16 oz. finesse jigs w/Uncle Josh pork trailers (www.unclejosh.com) and Sliding Weight Craw Fish (www.slidingweight.com).
Stripers are fair under birds burning 1/2 oz. white-blue Hyper Striper jigs w/trailers (www.kgenterprise.com), vertically jigging Pirk Minnows and white bucktails.
For area information, accommodations, or to book a guided trip w/the most experienced, Fulltime, professional guide service fishing Canyon for 40 years contact JR's Guide Service (www.jrguideservice.com). Call Jim at: (830) 833-5688 or email jimfish@moment.net. Your most convenient bait and tackle dealer to the upper end and Guadalupe River on the south side of the lake is Canyon Bait House, 15695 Cranes Mill Rd., (830) 899-9747.
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Lake Buchanan: Water mostly clear; 59 degrees; 1019.70':
Largemouth are good over flooded flats in 2'-8' and along secondary points in creeks using 1/4 oz. Rat-L-Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com), white/chart Terminator (www.terminatorlures.com) tungsten spinnerbaits, white 5"
Texas rigged Whacky Sticks (www.cremelure.com) and smoke Devils Tongues on drop shot rigs.
Striped Bass are good in 25'-30' trolling 1/2 oz. white/chartreuse Hyper Striper jigs (www.kgenterprise.com) and trailers, tight-lining live shad and casting Red Fins to surface activity.
To book a guided trip for stripers or largemouth bass contact JR's Guide Service (www.jrguideservice.com). Call (830) 833-5688 or email: jimfish@moment.net.
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Lake LBJ: Water stained; 60 degrees; 824.70':
Black Bass are good in numbers up to 6 lbs. along rocks and hardwood structure using Baby Bass Photon crankbaits (www.photonlures.com), Bleeding Shiner Rat-L-Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com) and wacky rigged pumpkin 5" black/blue flake Whacky Sticks (www.cremelure.com) on a 3/0 "K" Wacky Hook (www.falconlures.com).
Stripers are good to 21" near the dam trolling 1/2 oz. Hyper Striper jigs, (www.kgenterprise.com) vertically jigging silver or blue Pirk Minnows or white bucktrail jigs over channel humps.
White Bass are fair to good trolling Shad Raps, white 3" grubs and casting 1/4 oz. Tiny Traps to schooling activity along main channel breaklines.
Crappie are fair over brush and on bridge pilings using Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows.
To book a guided fishing trip w/ the only fulltime professional guides fishing LBJ for over 40 years contact JR's Guide Service(www.jrguideservice.com).Call (830) 833-5688 or email: jimfish@moment.net.
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