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 www.jrguideservice.com.
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.
To book a guided fishing trip w/the only guide
service fishing LBJ for 50 years contact Jim at
JR's Guide Service www.jrguideservice.com.
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.
For lodging info. and to book a guided trip w/the most experienced, knowledgeable fulltime guides on Canyon contact JR's Guide Service www.jrguideservice.com. Call Jim at (830) 868-7042 or email: jimfiles@moment.net.