Hill Country Fishing Reports
Week of November 28, 2012
BUCHANAN : Water stained; 68–72 degrees; 27.26’ low. Black bass are good on watermelon topwaters, Bleeding Shad Rat–L–Traps, and Texas rigged silver flake Whacky Sticks in 10–15 feet. Striped bass are fair on Rat–L–Traps and Spoiler Shads off points in 20–30 feet near the dam. White bass are fair on Tiny Traps and pet spoons in the river channel. Crappie are fair on chartreuse Curb’s crappie jigs and live minnows.
CANYON LAKE : Water lightly stained; 68–72 degrees; 8.31’ low. Black bass are fair to good on watermelon red Whacky Sticks, white spinnerbaits, and Rat–L–Traps along creeks in 8–20 feet. Striped bass are fair on deep running crankbaits and blade baits around humps in the lower end of the lake. White bass are slow. Smallmouth bass are good on white JDC curl tail grubs on jigheads and watermelon Curb’s jigs along ledges and over rock piles in 8–18 feet early. Crappie are fair on minnows and white tube jigs upriver. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are fair on juglines baited with live perch.
GRANGER : Water stained; 68–72 degrees; 1.12’ low. Black bass are slow. White bass are fair on shad upriver. Crappie are slow. Blue catfish are good on prepared baits, and on juglines baited with cut bait and Zote soap. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines baited with live perch.
LBJ : Water clear; 69–73 degrees; 0.27’ low. Black bass are good on chartreuse crankbaits, watermelon soft plastics, and wacky rigged green pumpkin Whacky Sticks along lay downs and stumps in 10–15 feet early and late. Striped bass are slow. White bass are good vertically jigging Pirk Minnows under birds. Crappie are good on watermelon Curb’s crappie jigs and live minnows over brush piles. Channel catfish are fair on liver and stinkbait. Yellow and blue catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live bait.
TRAVIS : Water clear; 68–72 degrees; 48.71’ low. Black bass are fair on chartreuse crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and Rat–L–Traps. Striped bass are fair on white striper jigs. White bass are fair on Tiny Traps and minnows. Crappie are fair on minnows and white tube jigs in 15–20 feet. Channel and blue catfish are fair on shrimp and stinkbait in 20–45 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.
WALTER E. LONG : Water lightly stained. Black bass are good on perch colored Rat–L–Traps, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits. Hybrid striper are fair on silver striper jigs. White bass are good on minnows and Tiny Traps. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.
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