Don't waste your time! Ice cold water, no fish and low low levels. Either the lake sucks OR I suck OR we both sucked!

Oh, they're there. Got some great screenshots today. Anybody interested, shoot me an email addy (I can't post attachments here.)

Canyon is tough lake to fish for sure haha. But they have some good ole guns out there @duff1 - safishingforum@gmail.com . will post them.

Duff, stripers? I fished (bass fished) by the dam, comal park, that island in the middle, never graphed anything! You graph them in the same place that you graphed them last time? You launch at Potters? Man I can't believe how low the lake is, wonder how long Potters can stay open before the ramps out of water. Wow what a rambling post I just typed?

canyon sucks this time of year...until the white bass get goin

Well here's the images forwaded to me by duff.

Nice! I def didn't see any of that today. Well the water temp was the same, but that's about it. Tell me you at least snagged one?

Catch one every now and then. Must have been pretty lonely down around the dam today.

Potters Creek ramp in good shape, but the walkway to the courtesy dock is gated off, and there's no good place near the ramp to beach your boat.

The lake is only 10 feet low not bad during a drought. The striper have been active in the morning and late afternoon
try down rigging a 3/4 glow striper jig 30-50 feet
around the dam area and Jacobs Creek cove. Went out about
a week ago fished the point at north park and dam on the rock
in 10-15 feet drop shotting a disco violet super fluke jr
and a pearl blue shad Devils Spear caught 9 nothing really big
just solid fish.

Anybody got any idea what that big concrete structure is they've built on the northwest corner of Crane's Mill Park? Looks like it's about 8'x8', and will extend into the water at full pool. Maybe to anchor a walkway to a floating dock?

At this time, it's the Dead Sea.

Previously, across from the Cranes Mill ramp, I could pick up a few of these:

These taken by duff on 1/27 .

Is that a 'Bama rig? I watched a guy chunking one yesterday. Looked like hard work to me.

Lots of bait upriver, from the first bend up through Cordoba Bend.

Perhaps I should mention that the two sets of pics above were taken in different locations.

I didn't noticed anything like that few weeks back when i was there for tournament. Anyways never caught a [censored] at that lake got skunked big time.

If you were headed back to the main lake from the public fishing pier, it would be on your right, before you round the end of Crane's Mill Park. It's huge, and it's been there for a year or so.

Some trivia I thought interesting: Crane's (Americanized from Crain's) Mill was a settlement of some 25 souls, with a store, school and rowdy dance hall before it sank beneath the waters. The "mill" milled shingles from Cypress, before the Civil War.

Only confirmed masochists fish Canyon for largemouth.

I have been on that lake now twice..Once when I first moved here and for a days fishing I managed 5 bass for 12 and change...

Once this year to test and tune and then tow some dude in in a wellcraft....

Im in no hurry to go back

Jacobs creek ramp was okay as well

That pier was closed we fished from the bank for cats . Few other participants got some nice strippers hooked one of their rods was broken into pieces when a stripper was hooked on LoL.

I did notice that, not sure what the heck it is.

If you talking about the one next to the boat launch that is made for a courtesy dock to be attached to it.

Now if there is another one closer to the point where the river bends into the lake then it could be another fishing pier or dock, which would be a very nice addition if we ever get some water back in that lake.

No, the structure I'm talking about is several hundred yards north of the ramp, well inside the park, near the end of Crane's Mill Point. Perhaps I have the compass directions confused. I'm thinking of the park as running north and south. And I'm not real clear on how long this big rectangle of concrete has been there. Can't see it on Google Earth.

Yes Duff, there weren't too many down by the dam (only saw 2 boats in 2 hours). I was thinking the water would be clearer up there so those Canyon monsters might bite my jig better.

Yup, out towards the point, that is the one I saw too.

Now, would you believe anyone could be so insensitive as to covertly approach panfish anglers, some of them proud holders of state records, and inquire where he might net some "perch," to be used as bait in a striper tournament?

Yes, I saw the big concrete block. All that came to my mind is that it's going to be another improvement in the attempt to draw paying campers to the Cranes Mill Park. If it's part of a fishing pier it might not work 'cause there's shallow water for 75 ft all around it.
Why don't they open the launch ramp? Am I the only one who wants to launch there?

Well, if they're going to build a fishing pier there, I think they could extend it out into some reasonably deep water, maybe even get it to the edge of the channel. I don't look for any benefit to day use anglers to come from all this. Their intention is to convert Cranes Mill Park into a camping facility like Potters Creek, with RV hookups and whatnot.

I took a close look at that ramp the other day. You can see old bloodweeds sticking up from the water just a couple of feet from where the ramp enters the water. I surmise this marks the end of the ramp. If so, it's going to take an awful lot of water for it to become usable again.

Who would do a thing like that! He should be:

Well, I think it is only you who is IMPLYING that guy would be using the perch for a striper tournament. Maybe he just wants to relocate them to a pond or something?

I can think of no better way of relocating perch than inside the stomach of a big striper.

Maybe so, but if someone does attempt to do that then they haven't done their homework, and would be leaving themselves open to a whole bunch of misery since that entire park is pretty much under the flood plane, except for an area around the fishing pier and the area between where the pay booth sits now.

That I believe is what finally killed that park in the first place, back when we had those big floods a few years back. Those few times the lake flooded over the park and killed most (hundreds) of the oaks, and left the park under water for a few weeks should rule out any idea of setting up any kind of permanent facilities I would think.

You never know though, and some investers from out of town don't care about the long haul, but just, what can I do to make money now?

Now here is a nice guy. Always thinking about another fish and sharing the wealth. Duff, how about you try to follow Brandon in sharing the wealth by calling me to talk about this lake they call Canyon in more detail? It will be your good deed for the day....

I know you guys need all the help you can get, so I'll share a little secret with you: You can buy perch at Fisherman's Corner.

Actually, I think it's a case of our tax dollars at work. The COE has been quite secretive about these "renovations," but a little Googling took me to an environmental impact statement (2006, as I recall) for that new Comal County ramp at the end on North Cranes Mill Road. The plans for Cranes Mill Park were discussed there. They do plan to make it an oasis for RV campers and, far as I can tell, no outside "venture capital" is involved.

They must have heard that the TSA was coming to town and wanted to get ready for those guys, (oh how did one guy here on the forum put it) "with all those big expensive boats"...

Personally I'd rather they extended some high and dry boat ramps with my tax dollars, and I know TSA would appreciate that as well.

COE has parks and ramps all around the lake they can't keep up with and maintain let alone, build one for campers and RV's.

But that's goobermint for you.

And may spend some money to stock it better....

I dont know if stocking it would do any good. There is no structure in the lake. With the highland lakes (Travis) they at least have docks, and that fishery is by far greater than Canyon.

I don't think COE stock fish anywhere. It's TP&W that normally does stockings and we know how much money they have. They don't have enough to take care of all the State Parks much less stocking program. Next thing you know the catch limits will get changed to protect what's left like they tend to do for saltwater species. All I can say is protect what's left.

My buddy Larry tells me them cottages (travel trailers, actually) they rent out in the Fort Sam Rec area is super nice.

How in the world can a guy who grew up 35 miles from Canyon Lake not know anything about it? Do we have a hustler in the crowd?

Holzer, the only few spots I know of on Canyon that have been hot, and this is going back from past reports and experience is around the dam and the submerged humps out in from of the dam, and around the Island.

Also Jacobs creek arm directly across from the Ft. Sam retreat was producing last spring pretty good.

Then back up the lake around the bend at Craines Mill park going into the mouth of the river.

Look for the shad, and the whites, and you'll find the stripers.

The action will be upriver a ways come 2/25. You can avoid most of the stumps if you stay on plane, but pay close attention to your GPS chart. It will give you interesting suggestions about the location of the channel.

We've stayed in them a few times, they are nice.

They sound nice. I'm looking forward to the stay.
There are some that we will stay at that are host to the TSA that are.... well, I'll just say that I would not! invite momma and the kids

I did stay at the Fort Sam rec. park once when I was a kid. I couldn't tell you a thing about the cabin, park, facilities, etc. But I'll never forget walking up on a party that was going on just in time to see a bet take place.

One guy bet another that he could break a beer bottle over his head. This dude beat him self to a bloody pulp before that bottle broke. I mean he was bleeding like a old school Rick Flair wrestling match act. He kept pushing people off who were trying to get him to stop and just kept whacking him self in the head with that bottle. That's the only thing I remember about the place.

Just for grins I might have to find some young guy who is "feeling good" and bet him $20 that he can't break a bottle over his head just so that I can relive the experience

Well, first of all I did not grow up 35 miles from the lake. I was like 35.7 miles so get your facts right!

Dad was never into fishing so we never went. The Guadalupe crossing at the 474 bridge was much closer if we ever wanted to go hang out in the water. Dad now loves to fish. But then again when I say "fish" I mean reel in the fish. Everything outside of that is all me.

Next weekend Team Bustin Loose will be on a recon mission searching for the exclusive Canyon Stripers. We will be bringing two boats to cover more water.

I heard of a guy who sales breakfast tacos on the water. Be careful. You know those S.A. guys like peppers

I might need one you to teach me how to striper fish, this is starting to sound like fun.

John once you start chasing stripers all others become a thing of the past. With the exception of Reds.

Actually, they do look attractive from the water, and nicely shaded.

Haven't caught stripper yet but i am planning to hit canyon for some strippers with a buddy . What do you usually catch them on duff ?

I don't know, I do get bored with trolling. But I want to give it a try.

Trolling
Not all of us troll. I might have to do a "power drift" if there is no wind but no trolling for Team Jawbreaker. Well, more like hardly ever.

And yes, the TSA is lot of fun with some very shady characters. Not going to say any names like Brandon, Greg, Louis, Alan, George, Shannon, Shawn, Curtis, Earnie, Trent, etc. Ya, I'm not mentioning any names......

So you drift fish for Stripers? Huh, I thought everyone was down rigging. So I assume then that you use bait, live or does it matter?

Doesn't matter i guess i remember phil hooked one and broke his rod at tourney last time on gold fish.

It probably does matter, sure once in a while you can catch them on anything, but I'm sure there is a prefered bait.

John everybody fishes for them different. Myself I try not to limit myself. I will live bait, jig, and use downriggers when neccessary. But it is hard to beat live shadmost times of the year.

Very interesting, here I thought all you guys did was drag around downriggers. Learn something new every day. For me shad are hard to keep alive, once I put them on the hook, they die.

John how are you hooking them? I like to use Mustad Light wire hooks and hook them through the eyes or nose. You have to have healthy bait first though.

+1 to what Brandon said. Lots of different ways but most use live bait.

For me: I'm a live bait guy. Either on anchor or on the drift. Just depends on what the fish are doing and where they are hanging out.

Over the last year or two, I've learned how important "live" is. Just because they are swiming around in the tank doesn't mean that they are "lively". Theres a difference between live and lively. Stripers like baits that are lively.


I'll use lures if I need to. My lure collection consist of two kinds. Swim bait (sassy shad) and a slab.

What kind of live baits do you prefer ? I yet have to learn fishing for stripers.

I prefer 4-5" shad. Perch work also and I am sure on Canyon that will be a prefered bait since shad are hard to come by on the lake.

You know, that's kind of a hard question for me to answer right now because I'm on the fence. I've always felt that threadfin are better. But after fishing the TSA for the first time last year, it seemed that gizzards produced really well. And those bigger gizz's help keep those smaller fish off.

Reguardless, it's probably a good thing to have a little of both in the tank if you can. But man-o-man can those gizzards mess up a tank!

It's freaking hard to find gizzards this time of year at lakes like canyon. I have had some luck at calaveras finding gizzard shads and at lake dunlap or mcqueeny.

Also have you tried some other minnows/gold fishes ? How about those small perch 3-4" . I catch them a lot .

Gizzard vs. Threadfin



One throw on Canyon is all I need - Right?



Maybe I can find a few small gizzards like this one:


No need to worry about warning me about crappie. I learned what those look like on my graph. When bunched up tight, they can look alot like gizzards.

Nice those are some good bait fish also nice crappies never caught those either . Well i am mostly bank fishing since i have no boat . I am planning to make a trip out there with a buddy will see if we can find any shads around there.

I have always prefered threadfins or yellowtails but gizzards are very good as well.

I am hoping I will have some supernova fishing lights before the Canyon tournament and will be able to draw some shad in. If not 3-4" perch will be in the tank.

I've never tried minnow or goldfish. Personally I probably wouldn't even think about it unless it was spring and the fish were up in the shallows. Fishing open water 30ft down, I'm not sure that a school of minnows or goldfish would be common. Therefore, not a "food source" for stripers in that environment. Not saying that it wouldn't work. I'd just rather try to go with something that they are eating on. As a comparisson, it makes me think of when using lures they say match your lure to the size of the bait.

Perch, I've tried but I haven't ever caught anything on a perch yet. Perch are one of the hardest things for me to get out of the bait tank. Those are the fastes swiming little boogers and they must have great eyesight. They can see that net coming towards their head from a mile away!

I can not beleive there are 66 posts talking about Canyon Lake. There is probably more posts in this thread then there are fish in Canyon.

Thanks for the input let's see if everything goes fine will be giving it a shot in next few weeks.

lol ofcourse there are some good fish in that lake you just need to find them.

So if your fishing on anchor what kind of rig do you use for live bait? Hope you don't mind me asking, but I'm curious now. I used to try and keep my shad alive as long as I could before using them when catfishing but I found it works just as well to throw them from the net to ice. BTW, I was hooking them through the eyes or mouth like mentioned, but they seem to die quick. heck, most seem dead once they drop out of the net.

Most serious striper fishermen spend money on a commercial made baitwell with all the latest bells and whistles to keep shad frisky and alive, but most of us who don't chase stripers around the state do with what we have and that's an ice chest and cheap air pump we pickup down at academy. They work fairly good with minnows and perch, so I'd learn toward using perch for bait.

Save the iced down shad for the catfish!

I use a 2oz egg sinker, with a 2ft leader. Longer leader or heavier/lighter weight depending on conditions.

I've never hooked my shad through the eyes. But if I were, I would make sure to push the hook through towards the front of the eye socket and not the eyes.

When fishing "down" I hook my shad through the nose.

Going through the lips where the hook is passing through the opening of the mouth is a sure sentence to the fish grave. Fish need water to pass through the mouth and past the gills to breath. So if you cover that very small opening with a hook, then you're restricting the amount of O2 that fish can get. They're already stressed out because they have a hook in their face. No need to cut their oxygen off also.

Live bait? Anchoring up? Drifting? Hoo knowed? Man, I hope these stick-in-the-mud Canyon anglers are paying attention.

Thanks guys, I might give this a shot after our tournament season is over.

I drift with live perch and catch them quite consistently. I'll also drop down 2 spoons and just let them bob with the boat action as we rock along. I'm always surprised at how many I pick up on those 2 rods.

Like Holzer said if you hook'em through the eyes hook them in the front.

When you guys drift, you not dragging the weights on the bottom right? I assume you determine the depth to put the bait at based on where you graph the fish.

John thats about right. If anything run your baits a little above the fish. .

We're just entertaining the crowd until "the expert" chimes in. Mr. Duff, I have my note pad and pen ready when ever you're ready to spill a little info.

All through PM of course. No need to bore this crowd with such technical detail....

Just for the record, the quote above has my vote for the best post on this thread.

As long as Team Bustin loose catches the 2 biggest stripers out of that 66 I will be happy!!!

Well, theres more people fishing than just you so that means that you need to share. So this is what we're going to do. I'll let you catch the 2 biggest fish on Friday the 24th and I'll catch the 2 biggest fish on Saturday the 25th. Ya, that sounds fair...

No, I don't mind. You go first. I'm a nice guy by nature. It doesn't bother me.

No Holzer really you can have the honors Friday.

Man oh Man. I fish Canyon and love it. Very-very seldom do I go and not catch fish. My personal best is 6.5 small mouth. (estiamted to be 14 years old) and 4 lb Walleye and 5.5 black. Along with a basket load of striper and whites. Bottom line is, you just have to learn how to fish it. It took me 5 years to learn how to fish the lake and now, I have confidenence that I will catch fish on that lake year around.........

You gentlemen want to share with us your theory on why reports about catching stripers on Canyon are such a rarity? I know you've got one.

Here's the deal on bait goldfish (and they aren't gold): They will stay alive and vigorous, in the heat of the summer, at depths of 60 ft., even more. They're kind of pricey, though.

Use Black Salty's..they are hearty sum bitches. I only share this info because I need y'all to catch all the damn stripers out of this lake. Perhaps that would help the LMB population.

http://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubbt...ise#Post7123879

well there you go ! They are biting.

Everyone get your note books out and go to the Whites, Hybrid,
and Striper section and chech out todays catch at Canyon.

Yep, and he didn't use no stinkin live bait!

Listen TuN3R, I'm the only guy who will buy you a few cold beverages on this TFF. This is the kind of stuff that you should send to only me through PM. We need to work on this

Well there's 50% chances for me to hit canyon tomorrow evening for few hours.

So you're anti live bait?

Really? It takes a small mouth 14 years to reach 6 pounds! I would have never guessed that fish would grow at such a slow rate!

No wonder I don't catch fish there, I never use the ol' red shad worm .

I use it all the time, I'm just

OK, I'll admit it, I was also

This must have been a long time ago. They haven't stocked them since 1985 and they didn't survive long. I used to catch them in northern NM and up in MI. Good fighting fish and great eating.

Back in the olden days, when trolling for walleye with my grandpa up in northern NM we used "Pink Ladys" I was surprised to see they still made them and a line that had colored sections to tell how much line was out. So, how do you guys tell now how much line you have out, without downriggers?

That colored line's a new one on me, unless you mean lead core line, which changes color every ten yards. You can get down 20-30 ft. with it, but it's like fishing with a brick tied to your line. I use Jet Divers and Davis Fish Seekers for deep trolling. Each time the line runs across the spool= 8 ft. (You can also mark your line.) Just got me an Abu line counter reel, which seems like a sweet piece of equipment.

For me, the easiest way is to 1st find an area that is fairly clear of stumps, trees and such. Then, start traveling at the speed you want to troll at. Let line out by counting the pulls or just a general count of time. Once you touch bottom, then you know the relation to speed/count of line out you need to reach that depth.

As an example:
Your in 25ft.
Start moving the boat at the speed you want to troll at. Let's just say 3mph for this example.
Start letting line out. Counting: 1 mississippi, 2 miss, 3 miss, etc.
After everty two counts or so you'll need to hold the spool for a bit so that you can start pulling that lure.
At count 17, you hold the spool and start dragging your lure and you fill it bouncing off the bottom.

Then you know, moving the boat at 3mph, letting line out for a count of 17, and trolling with this lure will get it down approx. 25ft.

Then write it down somewhere so that you never have to do that again.

I'm not a troller but before I had the boat I have now I used to do it alot. The example above is how I do it. Brandon or someone else may chime in here with a much better technique. I just gave you an example of one way to find out without the "fancy equipment".

And just to give the pot a stir myself, pay no attention to those who sing the praises of the "Hell-Pet" rig. If you rig it so as to get some serious depth from it, with a bell sinker, it will wear you out trying to get it back to the boat.

I have a very simple approach. I use the thats about right method when free line trolling. I never used the hell-pet combo but do freeline DD22's. I let out approx 100ft or so of line. With 20-30lb braid the DD22's will dive approx 23-25ft.

That reminded me of my chunkin and windin days!

Canyon has had it's up's and down's when it comes to stripers, but many years back there was some fast surface action right at the point in the main lake at the mouth of Tom Creek.

Back then I threw a humongous 10" rapala type stick bait, and ripped it on the surface over those big surfacing stripers, and caught and landed some pretty nice ones.

Just thinking about it makes my arms ache.

Jimbo this fall on Buchanan we got into some great topwater action. One morning we followed a school on top for almost 3 miles. I don't know how many we caught that morning.

They were coming to the top early this fall in Comal Cove, not far from the Island. Nothing real big, though. When they get going, even the small ones will try to play with a Zara Superspook.

The problem with trolling crankbaits is that they don't mix with brush too well. Speaking of which, if you go to the website of the Comal County Historical Association, you will find there somewhere 46 color slides taken as the dam was being constructed. This gives you a feel for the areas that had been cleared for pasture, and the wooded areas (primarily along the channel.)

This is a great thread guys, got me itching to try for some stripers again. I say again because about two years ago I got the bug and we tried trolling the dam area and didn't catch anything. After that I ran back to my catfish.

Will have to check that out Duff. Thanks.


John I would bet Canyon would be a dynamite night time lake trolling. With all the recreation boaters during the summer months I bet those stripers come out at night. Seems that way on Buchanan anyways.

Not sure this would be the best time of year for it. I expect Hendo will let drop when the "bite is on."

Back before the Great Flood, there was a guy who used to anchor up and spend the night next to the dam. He caught some big ones downlining with live bait beneath his green lights. I've never heard stripers on top at night, though. I'm not sure the shad are there for them to chase. The biologists claim that the microscopic creatures shad feed on are attracted to light, and when it goes, they sink down out of reach, causing the shad to hole up in brush and rocks where they aren't so vulnerable. The accounts of this phenomenon aren't terribly consistent. I do recall that Bill Dance claims to have won a tournament by following the threadfins out of the brush to open water every morning.

I usually always stay at the Ft. Sam retreat and remember hearing of that guy fishing near the dam, and I believe he was launching out of Ft. Sam and that is how I found out about it.

My memory isn't so great but I think it was April or early May I would go out well before daylight and go around the bend toward the dam and sit adrift just off the point about a hundred yards from the bank and just listen.

You could hear the shad and stripers breaking water but you couldn't see them, and I would troll toward the sound using my troll motor, and as I got closer to the sound I would cast as far as I could and then all H#)) would break loose.

It's hard to do on a weekend though, with just too much boat traffic, and now even during the week it probably wouldn't work too well either.

It's a popular lake and about the only one in the area besides Braunig and Calaveras that still has a little water left in it.

This has been fun reading. If y'all can remember that far back we caught the devil out of those fish last summer. Yes`we were Down rigging,and trust me parttime there is nothing boring about down rigging Canyon Lake on Sat. with about 100 Boats, wakeboarders and jet fleas. Not counting divers and the bass fisherman that thinks because he got to the hump first he owns the lake. For the most part we tried to get there early but sometimes the fish wouldn't look at the clock and feed when we thought they should. Not all of us are lucky like duff and get to fish during the week. Come on retirement. wish I could be out there with you guy's on the 25th but working Rodeo maybe next time

BTW, for anyone staying at Fort Sam rec area, I'd call and ask if the ramp is open. Last time we had the lake down like this, the ramp was unusable.

If you dont have any downrigger the rapala Deep Tail Dancer
sizes 9 and 11 will do the trick from 15-30 ft.

I'll be staying there. Its my understanding that the ramp is open. But you never really know until you see for your self. Unless the hosting site is close to Fort Sam, we'll have to travel to the hosting site for captains meeting and launch tourney morning anyways.

after the rain we just got, the lake should have caught some water

The ramp won't be a problem even if it's closed.

Just go out the gate and turn left, and turn left again right after you pass the chainlink fence around the boat dealership on the left before the intersection, and follow the sign to the boat ramp. That ramp has never been closed even during the lakes lowest level and it's within sight of the fishing pier/marina at the retreat, and it's free.

You can then have someone drive the trailer back to camp or park it in the Ft. Sam marina parking lot and beach your boat.

Been there, done that!

Thanks Jimbo, that's some good info to know.

Question:
Up here in the DFW, the boat ramps that are free you usually stay away from, because when you get back to the ramp IF your truck is still there, it is usually broke in to. Are the "free" ramps at canyon the same kind of seniero?

I have never had any problems at all while parked at the ramps at Canyon. The areas are fairly safe and I have never seen or heard of any problems. Just my

Never had a prob either Holz, of course I always launch at Potters Creek.

i have never had one problem with my truck at a ramp.
we have pulled several all nighters over the years and never worry about the truck. (not sayin it won't happen tomm)
the county sherrif's usually have a good presence around the lake.

Same here, I have used Jacobs creek ramp (one near Fort Sam Rec) and never had an issue other than a lot of people not knowing how to back a boat or to load it before getting on the ramp. It is a looonnnggg ramp. Free ramps get real crowded on Canyon.

So, what is the "best" time of year to try for these stripers?

True that! We'll all prob get our tires & tools stolen next time we go since we all feel pretty safe there .

It really doesn't make much difference nowdays on which lake you launch at, or whether it be a park where you pay, or a free ramp, there is always going to be those opportunist thieves who are looking for something of value and know that you are nowhere around when they see an empty trailer, and no boats around.

Anywhere around Canyon is fairly safe, and by that I mean there isn't your typical "Hot Spots" where numerous breakins or vandals have frequented, and the neighborhoods around there haven't turned getto with graffiti for the most part, and people keep a close watch on what goes on, but you stil will have your cruisers looking for an easy target.

Just keep your vehicle locked and don't leave valuables or stuff in the open that they can see.

That said, I wouldn't worry about it during the day, but you might be pushing your luck leaving your truck parked over night on some, not all of those free ramps.

Thanks for all the info on the ramps fellas

So when's the TSA scouting party going to be reporting? I expect they'll be teaching the greybeards some new tricks.

John the best time for stripers in my opinion is spring and fall. July and August are the toughest.


Duff scouting group will be out in full force this weekend.

Thanks.

When you guys drift, I assume your using drift socks, correct?

Just depends on wind and how fast your boat drifts. Other times also depends on the fish. At times, if you drift at a faster pace "pulling that bait by the fish" you can get a reaction strike.

That's just one of those "just depends" questions.

Team Jawbreaker will be in town the evening of the 22nd and on the water the 23rd and 24th. I'm not sure yet how much time I'll get on the water on the 23rd and 24th but hope that I can formulate some kind of idea as to where to fish on the 25th.

Well Holzer, I can absolutely gauranty you the fish will be between the dam and the river! Oh, no need to thank me for that special report. Good luck

I found that slideshow if anyone is interested in taking a look. Pretty cool stuff. Thanks for letting us know Duff. Here's the link: http://www.co.comal.tx.us/Historical/Canyon_Lake/Canyon_Dam.htm

Yes, and they will be on the humps, points and drop-offs, except when they're not.

I know, I know, we're a sorry lot.

Glad you enjoyed the pics, John. You and your girlfriend have any luck the other day? You should be able to pick up a few whites up around the first bend, if this little cool spell hasn't given them lockjaw.

Thanks for the link. Good stuff.

You TFF rookies will never learn! You're supposed to send secret information like this to me via PM and not for everyone else to see

Holzer I am sorry but those details have been PM'ed to me. A little hint they are killing them on Dunlap.

Don't let it DIE!!!!! Sorry guys, I enjoyed this thread.

Ha! I was thinking the same thing earlier today.

So is this thread "officially" the longest thread on Canyon?

Are any of the Canyon regulars planning to come to the TSA weigh in for a meet and greet? I guess it would be a good time to see if these "outsiders" can come to town and figure out how to catch a few within a day. Reguardless, it's always good to put a face with the screen name. You can find me easy at the TSA weigh in. I'm the only good looking one...

What a wrong time it is ! Won't be in town .

its getting close to white bass time.

I really hope you guys do well, and please, please post results and some pictures would be nice.

Striper fishing on Canyon has not recovered from the days of pre flood when the water went over the spillway for the first time in it's history several years back, and some of the guides that used to report have either stopped guiding or have gone under the radar, but I really have heard little about the striper fishing and I haven't personally caught anything to brag about in quite a few years either.

You hotshots (respectfully) better do your stuff, and lets see some pictures!

What time does the keg party start?

I remember that flood. Didn't the dam almost break? It is going to be tough I suppose but it only takes the right 2 bites 2 fish to win. I am really excited about getting out there this weekend to pre-fish. Love fishing new water.


Duff weigh-in is at 3:00

Dont take to many out! Leave some for the rest of us when y'all are done. We are going to medina the next couple of weekends so wont be up there to see all the little feeches yall bring in. But please do post up pics.

I'm interested to see how it goes. I hear alot about "the lack of fish" in the lake but when I go to the TPWD website, I see stockcings of striped bass almost every year starting in 1991. Seems to me that there has to be some fish somewhere in that lake.