Canyon Lake & Upper Guadalupe River

[Fishhead]

CANYON LAKE: Water mostly clear; 68 degrees; 912.51':

Largemouth are very good along buckbrush on flats in 3'-6' using white 7/16 oz. Terminator tungsten spinnerbaits (www.terminatorlures.com),
cotton candy Snap Back lizards (www.canyonlakefishing.com) and Bleeding Shiner Rat-L-Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com). A pumpkin/char. tail Whacky Stick rigged wacky style on a "K" Wacky Hook (www.canyonlakefishing.com) is good along buckbrush and standing timber as the sun gets higher.

Smallmouth are good in 5'-20' on 4" green pumpkin Whacky Sticks (www.cremelure.com), chartreuse tungsten spinnerbaits and pumpkin Sliding Weight (www.slidingweight.com) Craw Fish w/char. claws.

Stripers are good at first light in 70' of water using white/char. Hyper Striper jigs (www.kgenterprise.com) Snap Back jerkbaits on 1/4 oz. jigheads, diving Rat-L-Traps and Red Fins

White Bass fair on main lake points early using # 3 Terminator In-Line Spinners, Spoiler Shads and Tiny Traps.

Crappie are good in 5'-10' tight to brush and trees on white 1/32 oz. Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows (www.canyonlakefishing.com).

For area info. or to book a guided trip with the most experienced, recommended, Fulltime, guide service on this lake contact JR's Guide Service (www.jrguideservice.com). Call (830) 833-5688, email:
jimfish@moment.net or stop by Fisherman's Corner,
(www.canyonlakefishing.com), FM 306 at Potter's Creek Rd., (210) 213-2534 to check out the largest selection of tackle of any dealer in this area: Terminator, Creme, Berkley, Yamamoto, ABU/Garcia, plus Guadalupe River maps, Trout info., tackle and bait.

[okefenokee010]

I had a friend from work fish Canyon on Friday the 9th. He said it looked like the water was up 8 feet or so from the previous week and full of trash from runoff. He said the worst of it was as you started up-river, but that the backs of coves on the north side of the lake were bad, too. Be careful if you are running at speed on the lake.

[Fishhead]

The lake only came up 4', but on Canyon it looks worse than it actually is. The river was not safe to run with 2700 cfs coming in. There is always a lot of debris, which is always the case after heavy rains like we've had recently. People that know the lake realize that and adjust their fishing accordingly. Of course there was some debris in the main lake, too. A little caution is all that's necessary. The lake is/was far from being dangerous. The Corps. is releasing 9248 cfs so the level should be back to 909' (normal pool) from a high of
913' at it's peak.

The only creek on the north side that was bad is Potter's Creek, which has been cleared out with the arrival of the cold front because the wind pushed all the trash to the south side of the lake.


Fishing is still very good and the lake is gin clear from
mid-lake to the dam.

JF