Report
provided by
FISHERMAN'S
CORNER
July
20, 2009
NOW
OPEN!! The NEW Public Fishing Pier located at Boat Ramp #21
Potter's Creek Park West is now open to the public 24 hours. Parking
is available next to the restrooms on the east end of the boat
ramp parking lot.
Please
Note: Due to declining water elevations, the following
boat ramps remain open: #1 Canyon Lake Village, #6 Canyon Lake
Hills 1 East, #12 Canyon Lake Yacht Club, #14 Jacobs Creek Park
1, #15 Jacobs Creek Park 2, #17 Little Jacobs Creek, #18 Canyon
Park Campground, #19 Canyon Park Marina and #21 Potter's Creek
Park West (outside). The courtesy boat docks at ramps #18, #20
and #21 are closed. The fishing pier at Cranes Mill Park is currently
closed for repairs. For further updates, please call the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers Canyon Lake office at 830-964-3342. Please boat
safely and always remember to wear your life jacket!
Water
Clarity: Clear Water Temp: 84 Current Level: 894.73 (Conservation
Pool: 909.0 ft. msl)
Largemouth
Bass: Good to 4 lbs. early on chrome/black Rebel Pop R or shad
3/8 oz. Revenge spinnerbaits and later on drop shot rigged black
4" Berkley
sabertail worm or whacky rigged watermelon/red Grande Bass rattlesnakes
on main lake and secondary points in 5-20 feet. Also good on
watermelon magic Zoom super flukes or whacky rigged blue pearl
hologram Zoom Z-nails upriver in 6-20 feet.
Smallmouth
Bass: Good to 3 lbs. on green pumpkin 4" Berkley
sabertail burly bugs, watermelon red Grande Bass mutants, watermelon
red River2Sea Stand'n Yabbie 50 crawfish or brown orange 3/8 oz.
River2Sea junk grenade jigs over rock piles and along bluffs in
8-12 feet.
White Bass: Good vertically jigging black shad or smelt 3" Berkley
Gulp! minnows on a 1/8 oz. jig head and trolling Texas shad Luhr-Jenson
Baby Hot Lips Express on main lake points.
Crappie: Fair
on black shad 2.5" Berkley Gulp! minnows or
chartreuse Curb's crappie jigs around brush piles and submerged
trees off main lake points and upriver in 4-10 feet.
Striped
Bass: Fair trolling chartreuse/green 3/4 oz. Luhr-Jensen
Hot Lips Troller or ghost bass Strike Pro flex phantoms, vertically
jigging chartreuse/silver 1-1/2 oz. Terminator pirk minnows or
perch Bagley jigging minnows on main lake points and drifting hybrid
bluegill or comets around the dam in 15-20 feet.
Perch: Fair on live crickets or red worms.
Channel
Catfish: Good on Lewis Selects catfish bait and shad gizzards
in 6-20 feet.
Blue
and Yellow Catfish: Excellent on trotlines and juglines baited
with hybrid bluegills or comets in 10-30 feet.
Most of the products mentioned in the fishing reports are available
in our store. Stop in soon for a visit and check out our inventory
offering over 2,000 sq. ft. of the most popular and classic brands
of freshwater fishing equipment including the hottest lures, swimbaits,
spinnerbaits, buzzbaits and jigs on the market, live bait and tackle
for all your fishing needs! We are Central Texas' #1 Lake Fork
Tackle and River2Sea dealers and Canyon Lake's locally owned full-time
Professional Fishing Guide Service, serving the South Central Texas
area for over 13 years. So if you are in need of a fishing guide
referral, just give us a call at 210-213-2534.
You may
also purchase merchandise from our on-line store at www.texasbasstackle.com
