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Canyon Lake: Water gin clear; 84-86 degrees; 908.77':

Largemouth are good at 1st light in 3'-6' on "natural" 4' Whacky Sticks,
(www.cremelure.com) watermelon Skip-N-Pop topwaters (www.jdcbaits.com)
and white 1/8 oz. Tiny-T buzzbaits (www.terminatorlures.com). Later, Carolina rigging submerged treelines in 12'-20' w/ a pump-char Snap Back lizard and Texas rigged pump. 4" Ring Worms w/char. tails. Upriver, working a 4" Ice Tea Scoundrel Worm (www.cremelure.com) on a 3/0 "K" Wacky Hook
(www.falconlures.com) and shallow running crankbaits tight to undercut bank-
lines produce until after midmorning.

Smallmouth are fair to good just before and right at daylight working rock-
piles in 10'-18' w/pumpkin Devil's Tongues on Drop Shot rigs, 3" watermelon-
chart. Jr. Craws (www.jdcbaits.com) and smoke-red Snap Back tubes on
jigheads.

Stripers are slow.

White Bass are fair but small at daylight along mainlake points over 40' of
water on Spoiler Shads and vertically jigging 1/4 oz. Pirk Minnows.

Crappie are good in brushpiles and tops in 8'-15' on minnows.

For lodging recommendations 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: jimfish@moment.net. Your most convenient source for live bait and tackle is Canyon Bait House, 15605 Cranes Mill Rd., (830) 899-9747.