You may have to sneak over below the dam if your looking for a 20 pounder, and just make sure you use a lure in a rainbow trout pattern because using the real thing is illegal I believe.

Seriously, I'm looking forward to eating a lot of crow when you guys finish out your tourney.

Regarding Buchanan, we have a lot of reports:

http://www.austinbassfishing.com/forum/striped-hybrid-white-bass-reports/


But never have fished Canyon before. And this weekend for pre-fishing, looks tough. Potters Creek boat ramp is OPEN per park rangers. We will see.Need all the help from Mother Nature we can get.

Today: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before noon, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. North northwest wind between 5 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. North northeast wind between 5 and 10 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 54. Northeast wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. Northeast wind around 10 mph.

Sunday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 46. East wind between 10 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Heck don't know anything about Buchanan But Holzer in your case I will tell you where you can launch. Without Kerry you may get lost and end up in Del Rio or something.

Sadly, that's not all that far from the truth. Last year while driving to the Cedar Creek tournament. I was in Weatherford when I realized that I was driving in the wrong direction. Hopefully I will not miss my exit going to this Canyon Tourney. I've been to the lake before, but this will be the first to go the way I will be traveling. I-35

just take the 306 exit and turn right....if you get to New Braunfels you missed the exit. If you are launching at #1 or #2(turkey cove) you will need to turn left on 2673 in Sattler then a right on Island View....follow boat ramp signs from there.

this may help http://g.co/maps/n9zcx

Thanks Hendo. I hope that 306 is well marked. By the time I get down there it will be Wednesday evening. I don't see that well in the dark.

Using Hendo's map if you go past the intersection of 2673 and continue straight the next light you can turn left on which is called S. Access road, and it will take you right past the foot of the dam and you will cross the outlet which is where everyone fishes for those trout (and 20+ stripers) and then there is a little honky tonk and RV park.

You might check there if you are still looking for a place to park some RV's.

The name of the place slips my mind and maybe someone can come up with the name of the establishment.

Also if you continue on the S Access rd. it comes out right there at Sattler and take a right at the intersection on 2673 and follow his instructions getting to Turkey cove. If you go straight the S Access road turns into river road and passes all the camps on the Guadalupe below Canyon lake and eventually comes out in New Braunfels so it's kind of a short cut although slower than going all the way back to 306 and backtracking to get to the stores there in New Braunfels which I would recommmend rather than paying the prices there at the lake.

Also I highly recommend if you try that little town of Gruene just off 306 when you make that right turn off I35, go past the RR tracks and intersection, and take a left on Hunter road and it takes you right into Gruene Hall, and try the Grist Mill restaurant right next door, if your looking for a good place to eat out if you get tired of camp food, and the women folk will thank you for taking them since the little town is full of small shops, and just a fun place to spend a few hours.

It is. It is the same exit as Gruene. It's only about 10 minutes south of San Marcos, so start watching for it then.

Thanks for the help Jimbo & Hendo. I'll be staying at the Fort Sam Rec Park. Not sure about tourney morning yet. I hope that there is some beach area that I might be able to rest the nose of the boat on other than rock. The Turkey lodge website said that they had a courtsey dock. Hopefully I can just tie up to that.

The Turkey Creek ramp is open, but the dock is resting on terra firma. It's pretty rocky all around there. I have seen boats beached in a little cove to the side of the lodge, but the water was much higher then. Might want to have Brando and Ranger scope it out for you.

Ya, Alan told me that it was rocky there and he wouldn't recomend it. As crazy as it sounds, I was looking on google maps and it looks like there is s secondary cove next to the ramp. It crossed my mind to bring some extra rope to run across the cove to tie up to.

I also have a Minn Kota I-Pilot. I could just push the boat off into the water and then hit the anchor lock. But man would that suck if something should go wrong and you loose power, big wind, short, etc. come up.

You've lost me on the rope business. You could just anchor up in that side cove and swim to the bank.

If you discount for the time it would take to run your boat from the Ft. Sam Rec. area to the Lodge, you shouldn't lose more than 15 minutes by driving. It's not that far.

OK. It looks further on the map I guess.

On that rope thing, I guess I didn't write it out well. What I was referring to was... well never mind

You boys get lock-jaw in the fingers?

Ya, it will be hard to get much out of someone from about now until the afternoon of the 25th.

Beautiful lake. Man that water is clear by the damn. Robert caught a new lake record Flathead and we boated another 18lb blue. Lost two more huge cats. As for stripers we picked up a few. They were skinny!!!!

The secret is out. Lament, for the Outlanders are upon us.

Looks like Holzer has found some new playmates! Looking forward to meeting some of you at the weigh-in. Holzer will be the littlest guy there.

Brandon, what was the weight on the Flathead?

John we are thinking 50lbs. It bottomed out my 40lb scale. Pm your email and I will send some pics.

Did you get it on a certified scale? Need that to be a record, there are several of us with certified scales down here. I'll pm my email addy, would like to see the beast!

Post some pics of that bad boy!!! Guess I need to give up bass fishing over there and try fishing for: crappie, whites, catfish, stripers, carp, gar, perch, minnows.

Are there any tree bass in this lake? When those things hit you think you caught a big one and are all pumped up! For about a second.

Lost many expensive cranks to the infamous and mysterious (also elusive) tree bass! I've hooked many, landed none. Even had one jump up and try to take my lower unit out once.

I can relate.