Canyon Lake Fishing Report 04.20.12

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:  Goodr 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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