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Fishing reports from Jim Files of JR's Guide Service. 

Jim is a fulltime, licensed, professional fishing guide service in the Texas Hill Country.   He offers guided trips for Largemouth, Stripers, Whites and Crappie. Reasonable rates. Tackle available.  Choose from several great fishing lakes including Canyon Lake; LBJ, Buchanan, Travis.

For more information or to book a trip, Call (830)  833-5688 or email him at jimfish@moment.net
 
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Lake Buchanan:  Water clear; 53-54 degrees; 998.29':
             14 Feet Below Monthly Average
Largemouth are good to 5 lbs in 5'-10' along breaklines
of flats in deepest creeks using 1/4 oz. white spinnerbaits,
Texas rigged pumpkin Whacky Sticks w/chartreuse
tails and white, suspending crankbaits.
Stripers are good in 15'-30' around Paradise Point
vertically jigging Pirk Minnows, white Curb's striper jigs,
trolling Gizz 4 crankbaits and drifting live bait.
White Bass are day to day but improving trolling "Down
Deep" Shad Raps, jigging Pirk Minnows and Tiny Traps.
Crappie N/A.
To book a guided trip for largemouth or stripers
contact JR's Guide Service www.jrguideservice.com.
Call (830) 833-5688 or email jimfiles@moment.net
 
 
 
Lake LBJ:  Water clear 56 degrees; 824.93':
Largemouth are good to 7 lbs. along stumps and lay-
downs on breaklines of flats in 5'-9' w/watermelon-
red soft jerkbaits, wtrmelon.-red lizards, Texas rigged 
blue flake Whacky Sticks and creature baits w/chart.
tails.
White bass are good trolling Shad Raps and vertically
jigging Tiny Traps and Pirk Minnows under birds.
Crappie are good around boat docks and brushpiles
in 12' using live minnows and white Curb's crappie
jigs.
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) 833-5688 or email jimfiles@moment.net.
 
 
 
Canyon Lake:  Water clear;  58 degrees; 902.68':
Largemouth are fair and improving inside of secondary
points and transition areas of bluffs in 8'-15' using
smoke-red flake tubes on jigheads, 3" watermelon-
candy Gambler BB Crickets and white, Fat Free Shads.
Smallmouth are very good in 4' to 12' over mainlake
points and bluff ledges using crawfish Rat-L-Traps,
smoke JDC craws and pumpkin Robo worms on jigheads.
Stripers are good at under birds trolling Gizz 4 crankbaits,
Down Deep Shad Raps and white 1/4 oz. Curb's striper jigs.
White Bass are good to very good vertically jigging 1/4 oz.
Pirk Minnows, trolling Shad Raps and  Diawa Shad Masters
in 8'-12' of water.
Crappie are good suspended in 12' to 20' using live
minnows and white Curb's crappie jigs.
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) 833-5688 or email: jimfiles@moment.net.   
For the best selection of quality tackle, lures, live 
bait, boat rentals and for honest, truthful fishing info.
from people that actually fish Canyon stop by or call
Boat N Go www.boatngo.com. 1478 FM 2673, Sattler, TX. 
Call 1-877-383-2628.