Canyon
Lake Fishing Guides
Report
CANYON
LAKE -
Updated 04/10/12
Water Clarity: Gin Clear
Water Temp:68
Largemouth Bass: Good all day to 4 lbs. early on White River2sea Bubble Popper 65 or shad Sebile SR Crankerster. Later on a shaky rigged Berkley green pumpkin gold Juice worm or green pumpkin Hawk Hawg. Whacky rigged watermelon/green pumpkin Berkley 5"sinkworms, drop shot a Berkley Gulp 2.5 Minnow or Green Pumpkin Red Zoom Super Fluke Jr. or green pumpkin 3 in. chigger craw rigged on a green pumpkin red 1/2 Berkley Gripper football head jig along creek beds, rocky dropoffs and main lake points in 3-15feet.
Smallmouth Bass: Good to 3 lbs. on watermelon 1/4 Berkley Gripper Finesse jig with a green pumpkin sunthin 3 in berkley the Deuce and watermelon red River2Sea Stand'n Yabbie 50 over rock piles and along bluffs in 5-15 feet.
White Bass: Good trolling pearl white Bomber fat free shad or 1/4 texas shad Luhr Jensen Hot Lips express or white Swarmbella rigged with 2 in berkley black shad power minnows in back of major coves or jigging a shad color 1/2 oz Bagley Prizm Minnow Jig or Fle-Fly minnow slab. Also good on large minnows and pearl white Rapala Sr 05 Shad Rap upriver.
Crappie: Good on live minnows or chartruese Berkley crappie nibbles around brush piles and submerged trees upriver in 4-12 feet.
Striper: Good trolling a Swarmbella Umbrella Rig rigged with 3 In White Ice River2sea bottom Walkers or White Berkley Gulp Minnow in 30-40 ft, vertically jigging chartreuse/silver 1-1/2 oz. Terminator pirk minnows or perch 1 oz Bagley Prizm minnow jig on main lake points and drifting hybrid bluegill or shad around the dam at night in 15-50 feet. Also good downriging a 3/4 white saltwater jig in 25-60 ft.
Perch: Good on red worms, Berkley Gulp Alive Crickets or white Berkley maggots.
Channel Catfish: Good on Lewis King's punch bait, Big Marv's cheese bait or Hybrid Bluegill in 10-25 feet.
Blue and Yellow Catfish: Good on trotlines and juglines baited with Hybrid Bluegill in 10- 30 feet.
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