04-03-2006, 09:27 PM
Water clear; 67 degrees; 905.93':
Weather stability has improved, improving the spawning urge.
April is the primary month for spawning and largemouth are
now proving it. There is a good early morning "power fishing" bite from first light until midmorning. After that, successful, knowledgable anglers are slowing down to work the same areas with soft plastics such as wacky worms and tubes.
Largemouth are along sloping gravel flats in 3'-12' of water using crawfish Rat-L-Traps, wacky rigged white Whacky Sticks, smoke-red flake Snap Back tubes and Daiquiri Dog Bones.
Smallmouth are very good early and all day under cloud cover
over rockpiles from 5'- 15' deep on smoke-red Snap Back tubes, JDC 3" Craws and Pumpkin Devil's Tongues on drop shots.
Stripers are slow to fair jigging 1/2 oz. Pirk Minnows, swimming Spoiler Shads and trolling.
White Bass are fair to good on chartreuse or white grubs, small Terminator In-Line spinners and 1/8 oz. Tiny Traps.
Crappie are good on minnows at Cranes Mill fishing Pier.
For lodging suggestions or to book a guided trip w/the only
licensed, fulltime, professional guides fishing Canyon Lake contact JR's Guide Service (www.jrguideservice.com). Call (830) 833-5688 or email jimfiles@moment.net. Your most convenient source for live bait and tackle is Canyon Bait House (www.canyonbaithouse.com), 15605 Cranes Mill Rd., (830) 899-9747.
**Canyon Bait House is the exclusive area dealer for JDC BAITS**
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Weather stability has improved, improving the spawning urge.
April is the primary month for spawning and largemouth are
now proving it. There is a good early morning "power fishing" bite from first light until midmorning. After that, successful, knowledgable anglers are slowing down to work the same areas with soft plastics such as wacky worms and tubes.
Largemouth are along sloping gravel flats in 3'-12' of water using crawfish Rat-L-Traps, wacky rigged white Whacky Sticks, smoke-red flake Snap Back tubes and Daiquiri Dog Bones.
Smallmouth are very good early and all day under cloud cover
over rockpiles from 5'- 15' deep on smoke-red Snap Back tubes, JDC 3" Craws and Pumpkin Devil's Tongues on drop shots.
Stripers are slow to fair jigging 1/2 oz. Pirk Minnows, swimming Spoiler Shads and trolling.
White Bass are fair to good on chartreuse or white grubs, small Terminator In-Line spinners and 1/8 oz. Tiny Traps.
Crappie are good on minnows at Cranes Mill fishing Pier.
For lodging suggestions or to book a guided trip w/the only
licensed, fulltime, professional guides fishing Canyon Lake contact JR's Guide Service (www.jrguideservice.com). Call (830) 833-5688 or email jimfiles@moment.net. Your most convenient source for live bait and tackle is Canyon Bait House (www.canyonbaithouse.com), 15605 Cranes Mill Rd., (830) 899-9747.
**Canyon Bait House is the exclusive area dealer for JDC BAITS**
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