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Lake Buchanan: Water: clear; 85 degrees; 1018.22'
Largemouth are fair 4'-15' deep at daylight over grassy
flats, using a watermelon JDC Skip N Pop or Pop R &
shad colored Flukes, right at daylight. Later switch to
deeper creek points and ledges of creeks atermelon-red
Whacky Sticks rigged on a jighead, pumpkin or smoke
JDC curl tail grubs, and crankbaits that will run at least
16' deep.
Stripers are fair at first light on the surface on Spoiler
Shads plastic swim baits, Red Fins and drifting or freelining
live bait 25'-40' deep from Lighthouse Point to the dam.
White Bass are slow and small trolling Shad Raps and
jigging 2" plastic swim baits through shad schools along
the river channel.
Crappie fair using pink/white or chartreuse Curb's crappie
jigs and live minnows..
To book a guided trip for largemouth or stripers
contact JR's Guide Service JR's Guide Service - A Professional Guide Service.
Call (830) 868-7042 or email jimfiles@moment.net
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Lake LBJ Water Stained, 85 degrees, 824.77'
Largemouth are fair to good early in 5'-12' using topwaters
such as black/red flake JDC Skip N Pops, white Curb's
buzzbaits around seawalls where shad are working. Later,
skipping a weightless blue flake Whacky Sticks and/or Big
Pig creature bait under docks and along stumps or laydowns.
Stripers to 20" good at night on Creme Lure's 2" Spoiler
Shads and Little Fishies.
White Bass fair to good at night on Little Fishies.
Crappie are fair over brush piles (where the water is clear)
8'-14' deep on Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows.
Channel Catfish are very good on worms, liver and
dip bait.
Yellow and Blue Catfish are very good on trotlines using
goldfish and perch.
To book a guided fishing trip w/the only guide
service fishing LBJ for 50 years contact Jim at
JR's Guide Service JR's Guide Service - A Professional Guide Service.
Call (830) 868-7042 or email jimfiles@moment.net.
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Canyon Lake: Water: clear; 84 degrees; 921.76':
Largemouth are fair in grass and flooded bushes early and
late on JDC Skip-N-Pop topwaters, watermelon-red Whacky
Sticks or Flukes and later on Texas rigged pumpkin finesse
worms and drop shot Devil's Tongues along breaklines and
ledges.
Smallmouth are fair early in 12'- 28' using smoke JDC
grubs, 3/16 oz. pumpkin Curb's jigs w/matching JDC craw
trailers and white crankbaits that run deep
Stripers are slow to fair (but undersized) trolling Gizz 4
crankbaits over and around humps and jigging 1 oz. Pirk
Minnows at daylight.
White Bass are slow.
Crappie are slow.
For lodging info. and to book a guided trip w/the most
experienced, knowledgeable fulltime guides on Canyon
contact JR's Guide Service JR's Guide Service - A Professional Guide Service.
Call Jim at (830) 868-7042 or email: jimfiles@moment.net.