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Canyon Lake: Water clear; 74-76 degrees; 909.14':
Largemouth are very good in 6'-20' along open water ledges and points w/ rockpiles, brush or timber using white Photon crankbaits (www.photonlures.com), green Super Tube Heavy (www.cremelure.com) and Bleeding Shiner Rat-L-Traps
(www.rat-l-trap.com) over lake points flats and rockpiles. Upriver, bass are very good on the steep side of channel turns on white/chartreuse Tiny-T buzzbaits, Frenzy poppers and pitching Texas rigged green pumpkin Snap Back creature baits (www.terminatorlures.com), Heavy Tubes & wacky
rigged watermelon-red Scoundrel worms (www.cremelure.com) rigged on 3/0 "K" Wacky Hooks tight to stumps.
Smallmouth are good to 3 lbs. in 5'-20' along bluffs on smoke-red flake Snap Back (www.terminatorlures.com) tubes on jigheads, rootbeer-green flake curl tail grubs and chartreuse 7/16 oz. Terminator tungsten spinnerbaits.
Striped Bass are fair with limited subsurface (no topwater) action (yet) right at daylight over 40'-60' of water on weighted Blue Glimmer Snap Back jerkbaits, 1 oz. Rat-l-Traps and jigging Pirk Minnows.
For area information, accommodations, fishing or to book a guided trip with 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 LBJ: Water stained; 74 degrees; 824.86':
Largemouth are very good along 5'-10' channel breaklines and boat docks on white-chartreuse-blue 7/16 oz. Terminator (www.terminatorlures.com)tungsten spinnerbaits, wacky rigged watermelon-red Scoundrel worms (www.cremelure.com) using a 3/0 "K" Wacky Hook (www.falconlures.com) and
greenbug Photon crankbaits (www.photonlures.com) worked through boulders and the deeper seawall rip rap. Texas rigged, weightless green pumpkin Whacky Sticks and watermelon-red plastic jerkbaits are good choices for
working boat docks.
White Bass are good at night and early A.M. using 1-1/2" Lit'l Fishies,trolling Shad Raps and white curl tail grubs.
Crappie are fair to good on 1/32 oz. chartreuse Curb's crappie jigs, blue/white Tube Jigs and live minnows over brushpiles in 15'.
**Even w/the cooler nights our guided night trips are still producing limits of white bass, several crappie and stripers for all anglers on each trip.**
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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Largemouth are very good in 6'-20' along open water ledges and points w/ rockpiles, brush or timber using white Photon crankbaits (www.photonlures.com), green Super Tube Heavy (www.cremelure.com) and Bleeding Shiner Rat-L-Traps
(www.rat-l-trap.com) over lake points flats and rockpiles. Upriver, bass are very good on the steep side of channel turns on white/chartreuse Tiny-T buzzbaits, Frenzy poppers and pitching Texas rigged green pumpkin Snap Back creature baits (www.terminatorlures.com), Heavy Tubes & wacky
rigged watermelon-red Scoundrel worms (www.cremelure.com) rigged on 3/0 "K" Wacky Hooks tight to stumps.
Smallmouth are good to 3 lbs. in 5'-20' along bluffs on smoke-red flake Snap Back (www.terminatorlures.com) tubes on jigheads, rootbeer-green flake curl tail grubs and chartreuse 7/16 oz. Terminator tungsten spinnerbaits.
Striped Bass are fair with limited subsurface (no topwater) action (yet) right at daylight over 40'-60' of water on weighted Blue Glimmer Snap Back jerkbaits, 1 oz. Rat-l-Traps and jigging Pirk Minnows.
For area information, accommodations, fishing or to book a guided trip with 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 LBJ: Water stained; 74 degrees; 824.86':
Largemouth are very good along 5'-10' channel breaklines and boat docks on white-chartreuse-blue 7/16 oz. Terminator (www.terminatorlures.com)tungsten spinnerbaits, wacky rigged watermelon-red Scoundrel worms (www.cremelure.com) using a 3/0 "K" Wacky Hook (www.falconlures.com) and
greenbug Photon crankbaits (www.photonlures.com) worked through boulders and the deeper seawall rip rap. Texas rigged, weightless green pumpkin Whacky Sticks and watermelon-red plastic jerkbaits are good choices for
working boat docks.
White Bass are good at night and early A.M. using 1-1/2" Lit'l Fishies,trolling Shad Raps and white curl tail grubs.
Crappie are fair to good on 1/32 oz. chartreuse Curb's crappie jigs, blue/white Tube Jigs and live minnows over brushpiles in 15'.
**Even w/the cooler nights our guided night trips are still producing limits of white bass, several crappie and stripers for all anglers on each trip.**
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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