Canyon Lake & Upper Guadalupe River

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Water gin clear; 78 degrees; 909':

Largemouth are good early and late on white 1/4 oz. Terminator buzzbaits (www.terminatorlures.com), pumpkin Wacky Sticks rigged on a 3/0 "K" Wacky Hook (www.falconlures.com) and white Photon crankbaits
(www.photonlures.com) in 4'-8'. Upriver, 1/8 oz. Tiny-T buzzbaits, chrome Rat-l-Tops (www.rat-l-trap.com) and Texas rigged 6" blue flake Power Worms produce in pockets along channel breaklines.

Smallmouth to 3.5 lbs. are good and improving in 15'-20' of water along bluffs and rip rap using smoke-red flake Snap Back(www.terminatorlures.com) tubes rigged on an 1/8th oz. jighead, pumpkin/brown 3/16 oz. finesse jigs w/Uncle Josh (www.unclejosh.com) pork trailers & pumpkin Sliding Weight (www.slidingweight.com) Craw Baby on split shot rigs.

Striped Bass showing improvement at first light near the dam trolling 1/2 oz. white-chartreuse Hyper Striper jigs (www.kgenterprise.com) on down riggers and tightlining live shad in 60'.

White Bass slow to fair vertically jigging Pirk Minnows, Spoiler Shads (www.cremelure.com) and Tiny Traps (www.rat-l-trap.com) in 40'-50'.

Crappie are good upriver in 12'-20' using chartreuse 1/16 oz. Curb's Crappie Jigs w/spinners and live minnows.

For area information, accommodations, fishing or to book a guided trip w/ the most experienced, Fulltime & only professional guide service fishing Canyon for 40 yrs contact JR's Guide Service www.jrguideservice.com).
Call (830) 833-5688 or email jimfish@moment.net. Your most convenient bait and tackle dealer to the upper end and Guadalupe River on the south side of the lake is Canyon Bait House, 15695 Cranes Mill Rd.,
(830) 899-9747.