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Canyon Lake & Highland Chain of Lakes Guide Report - JimF - 04-16-2005
Water gin clear; 69 degrees; 909.78':
Largemouth are very good to 8 lbs along breaklines of flats in 3'-8' on albino-blue soft jerkbaits, pumpkin-green Snap Back tubes (www.terminatorlures.com) and pumpkin-chartreuse Ring Worms. Upriver, crawfish 1/4 oz. 'Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com), whacky rigged 6" Ice Tea Scoundrel worms on 3/0 "K" Whacky Hooks (www.falconlures.com) worked tight to stumps on flats are producing.
Smallmouth and Guadalupe Bass to 3.5 lbs are good in 8'-20' on rootbeer-green flake curl tail grubs, smoke-red Snap Back tubes and silver 4 inch Ring Worms rigged on 1/8 oz. jigheads.
White Bass are slow- fair on Spoiler Shads, live minnows and 1/8 oz. Road Runners.
Crappie are good to 12" in 3'-8' of water on live minnows, blue-chartreuse 1/1/6 oz. Tube Jigs and chartreuse Curb's crappie jigs.
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.
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Lake Buchanan: Water clear; 67 degrees; 1018.21':
Largemouth are good in 3'-6' on flats in creeks and pockets using watermelon-red Whacky Sticks (www.cremelure.com) rigged on a 3/0 "K" Whacky Hook (www.falconlures.com), Texas rigged pumpkin-chartreuse Snap Back (www.terminatorlures.com) lizards and white-red soft jerkbaits. Also, 1/4 oz. Bleeding Shiner Rat-L-Traps
(www.rat-l-trap.com) and white-char. Terminator's new stainless series spinnerbaits.
Stripers are fair to 30" drifting live bait, vertically jigging pearl Blade Runners (www.lakeviewlures.com), white bucktails and silver Pirk Minnows.
White Bass are good in 15'-25' under birds on 2" Spoiler Shads, Bleeding Shiner Tiny Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com) and Blade Runners.
Crappie are fair on Curb's crappie jigs, red-white Tube Jigs and minnows.
For info. or to book a guided trip for largemouth or stripers 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; 67 degrees; 824.71':
Largemouth are good over 2'-5' flats and in creeks using watermelon-red Whacky Sticks (www.cremelure.com), green-pumpkin Snap Back (www.terminatorlures.com)lizards, chrome/blue Rat-L-Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com) and crawfish tubes.
White bass are fair to good under birs on 2" Spoiler Shads (www.cremelure.com)Bleeding Shad Tiny Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com) and white curl tail grubs.
Crappie are good in 3'-5' on blue-chartreuse 1/32 oz. Tube Jigs, white or chartreuse Curb's crappie jigs and live 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.
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