Canyon Lake Weekly Fishing Report
- Jan 16, 2019
- Water murky; 55–59 degrees; 1.71’ high. Black bass are good on Rat–L–Traps and stickbaits over flats in 2–10 feet, and on Texas rigged blue flake Scoundrel worms along bluffs. Striped bass are good vertically jigging Pirk Minnows in the lower end of the lake, and on Spoiler Shads and Red Fins. Smallmouth bass are good on tomato red curl tail grubs on jigheads and smoke/red flake tubes along ledges and over rock piles in 6–15 feet. Crappie are fair on live minnows upriver. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are fair on live bait.
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