The Texas Striper Association is pleased to announce the first tournament of the year at Canyon Lake, February 25th, 2012. The tournament will be hosted out of Turkey Cove Lodge. Registration will begin at 5:30am and the Captains meeting will commence at 6am. All boats must be present for inspection at that time. There is a boat ramp at Turkey Cove Lodge provided the water levels remain the same. Weigh-in will be at 3pm at Turkey Cove Lodge. Please see the registration form and membership form for rules and regulations.

Lodging will be provided by Turkey Cove Lodge 830-899-2744 and Holiday Lodge 830-964-4617. Please note boat parking at each of these lodges is limited, unfortuately. Each lodge can accomodate 5-7 boats. They are just a few miles apart but do put you relatively close to the lake.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me by phone or email.

Alan Cox
Texas Striper Association
254-630-2252
tsaarc@gmail.com

Sounds good. Looking forward to it. Alan do they have RV spots?

No, There are no RV spots there. Maybe Check out Canyonlakechamber.com for info.

Team Sharc Bait is ready to ruuuuummmmblllllle!!!!!

Team Bustin Loose is Ready. We will be there Friday afternoon. Can't wait.

Excellent choice. The ramp would be County Ramp #2, my favorite. It's been closed for months, but I guess the recent precip has put us just over (899 ft.) the 898 ft. the ramp needs. It's a nice, wide 2 lane ramp, with a floating dock and huge lot. I'll be up there in a few days, and will verify for fact certain that the ramp is operative.

I've frequently observed that guests of the lodge frequently leave their rigs on that lot overnight, so as to be all hooked up and ready to hit the water come first light. I think many of them assume that the lot is part of the lodge property. It's very safe, being several miles from the main road, and illuminated. I think you could probably keep an eye on your rig from one of the upper "lakeside view" rooms. Not certain that, strictly speaking, overnight parking is allowed, but they're pretty laid back about this sort of thing.

I somehow have a hard time visualizing Holiday Lodge accommodating 7 or 8 boats, much less hooked-up rigs. The ramp it sits above is a late-night "hangout" and unsafe for overnight parking.

I've not noticed any RV sites on the south side of the lake. There are several such places not far off, though, where FM 306 crosses the Guad. One of them is Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park. I've driven through there and, despite the corny name, it's quite decent.

Thanks for the insight Duff. My partner just got off the phone with the flks at Turkey Cove and we will be staying there this weekend and Tournament week. Looking forward to fishing the lake.

Holiday does have the capability for 5-7 boats. Met the owner a couple of weeks ago and he was very accomodating.

I cheerfully stand corrected. I'm sure ya'll are much better at handling a trailer than I am. That is a nice little ramp.

Alan,
PM sent.

Unfortunately, Canyon Lake just did not have a more adequate place for lodging or ramps. Only motels available woud have been back in New Braunfels. Teams are going to have to work together and be efficient with the boat parking.........

You will want to be careful on that road to the lodge, particularly at night, because there are a lot of half-tame deer milling around there, and they will step right in front of you.

Hey Brandon, are you camping or staying at the lodge? We got to find a camping spot somewhere close.

Sweet! Now I know where to find dinner. That Ranch Hand bumper has not let me down yet.

Team Jawbreaker will be present.
I'll be fishing with special guest: Poppa Holzer

I'll also have the family with me on this trip. This will be interesting. I pack enough already traveling to a tourney. Now I have to also pack diapers, tricycle, bath toys, babby food, kid snacks, formula, pop up crib, bubble bath, etc. etc. Man, I'll be flat wore out just getting there... I may have to sacrifice some of the compartments of the boat so that I have room for some of this stuff!!

Maybe I can stop in Belton and drop off some of this stuff on to MrG so that he can carry some of this stuff for me?

Well Holzer, Alan should feel better knowing that. Atleast with Mrs Holser being there, Team Sharc baits cooler will be safe at the weigh in

I think that you're fogetting about Holzer Jr.

John,

We are going to be camping. Robert is Driving his RV down. This weekend we are going to be staying at Potters Creek but going to check out another RV place about a 3 miles from the lodge.

Duff, you are right!! Deer everywhere on that road....Everyone needs to be careful. On a side note, this lake is not that big so getting to the Meeting site wont be that rough.

Lots of deer. The lake is only 8300 surface acres. Duff how far up the river can a person go right now.

That river is full of trees everywhere....... Good luck with that!!

Well, before the recent rainfall, I went up as far as the Rebecca Creek Ramp, where I was going through 4 ft. water and the Lowrance chart showed the channel running over what's now dry land. Found lots of bait around Demijohn bend, but no stripers. There are some monster stumps from the mouth of the river on up, and until you learn the channel, I wouldn't try going any faster than 4 mph or so. Your GPS chart will give you a general idea of where the channel lies, but you can't rely on it. Lots of props have been chewed up within sight of Cranes Mill Park, and it gets worse on up. The stretch of shallow water going into Cordoba Bend is particularly hazardous.

I spent a lot of years fishing the river for crappie and white bass. Really an interesting place. I even remember the crappie house that was at Cranes Mill when I was kid. The little dock I fished at Cranes Mill in high school is still there but it is on the ground now. Seeing it few weeks ago brough back many childhood memories. Its been over 20 years since I have been there.......

Let me know what you find, Brandon. We're camping also