12-03-2005, 02:40 PM
Lake Buchanan: Water clear; 60 degrees; 1013.68' (6' low)
The off-on annual transition and feeding frenzy of bass is finally holding together w/the much anticipated lower but stable water temps. Motion baits will still produce early and late then during the day pitching soft plastics and jigs produce best.
Largemouth are good along flats with stumps and laydowns
in 4'-8' using 1/4 oz. Bleeding Shad Rat-l-Traps, white custom tungsten Terminator spinnerbaits and pitching a Texas rigged black-blue Super Tube Heavy or grn-pumpkin Scoundrel worm on jigheads.
Stripers are good to 25" in 26' around Shaw Island tight-lining live bait, vertically jigging Pirk Minnows, white Snap Back soft jerkbaits rigged on a 5/0 weighted Bait Jerker hook from Falcon Lures, white bucktails with plastic trailers and trolling 1/2 oz. striper jigs.
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 jimfiles@moment.net.
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Lake LBJ: Water clear; 61 degrees; 825.91' (full)
Bass are good to 4.5 lbs. in 4'-10' along brushpiles, rip rap behind boat docks using black-blue Terminator 1/4 oz. rattlin' jigs with Uncle Josh pork trailers, swimming green-pumpkin JDC Stike Grubs and green-pumpkin Scoundrel worms .
Stripers are fair in the shoals on natural 3" Spoiler Shads,
Rat-L-Traps and Terminator In-Line spinners.
Crappie are fair to good at night on minnows.
To book a guided trip w/ the only fulltime guide fishing LBJ for over 45 years contact JR's Guide Service
(www.jrguideservice.com). Call (830) 833-5688 or email:
jimfiles@moment.net.
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The off-on annual transition and feeding frenzy of bass is finally holding together w/the much anticipated lower but stable water temps. Motion baits will still produce early and late then during the day pitching soft plastics and jigs produce best.
Largemouth are good along flats with stumps and laydowns
in 4'-8' using 1/4 oz. Bleeding Shad Rat-l-Traps, white custom tungsten Terminator spinnerbaits and pitching a Texas rigged black-blue Super Tube Heavy or grn-pumpkin Scoundrel worm on jigheads.
Stripers are good to 25" in 26' around Shaw Island tight-lining live bait, vertically jigging Pirk Minnows, white Snap Back soft jerkbaits rigged on a 5/0 weighted Bait Jerker hook from Falcon Lures, white bucktails with plastic trailers and trolling 1/2 oz. striper jigs.
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 jimfiles@moment.net.____________________________________________________________
Lake LBJ: Water clear; 61 degrees; 825.91' (full)
Bass are good to 4.5 lbs. in 4'-10' along brushpiles, rip rap behind boat docks using black-blue Terminator 1/4 oz. rattlin' jigs with Uncle Josh pork trailers, swimming green-pumpkin JDC Stike Grubs and green-pumpkin Scoundrel worms .
Stripers are fair in the shoals on natural 3" Spoiler Shads,
Rat-L-Traps and Terminator In-Line spinners.
Crappie are fair to good at night on minnows.
To book a guided trip w/ the only fulltime guide fishing LBJ for over 45 years contact JR's Guide Service
(www.jrguideservice.com). Call (830) 833-5688 or email:
jimfiles@moment.net.
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