Absolutely tore em up!

My neighbor picked a bad day not to go with me. Canyon was on fire today. I boated at least 30 fish and I left em biting at 11:00. I damn near went through an entire 18-pack of worms. They were just hammering em.

I started out throwing top water and caught a few including a pretty nice smallies. After that I stuck with the worm and fished in 10-20 feet of water off main lake points. The fish were very aggressive today. I had just hooked a pretty nice 3.5 pounder and was playing him to the boat, the entire time there was a HUGE bass fighting him for the worm all the way to the boat until I lifted my fish out of the water. I wish I would have hooked that big sucker instead!!

water temps are just over 75 degrees...it felt pretty good to dive in and cool off.

Congrats on the banner day. Pretty good for Canyon.

thanks, It was definitely in my top 3 for canyon lake.

I bet they'll be hitting good this evening too and again in the morning. Get out there!

Nice, was gonna head out there tonight but can't make it. Nice trip. Definitely looks like you were on the main lake in the pics. Wish I was out there right now, weather is perfect today.

Nice!

Hendo,

great outing.

Don't leave us in suspense!

Tell us all your secrets.

What color/type of worms etc.

do tell, do tell.

ok, I will tell you this. I went out yesterday and forgot my tackle box. UHG! My neighbor had his but I didn't like his worms and apparently neither did the fish(only caught about 5. I'm not sure what his were but they were tougher, had less action and I just wasn't too confident using them. I use culprit worms...texas rigged....red shad....just like the one in the center of the screen here:
http://www.culprit.com/html/culpritworm.html

always had good luck with those

Thanks for sharing your info.

sure, and i don't work for culprit by the way

I will be on the water @ 8:00 am.tomorrow.

whoa! there are some BIG black clouds out here this morning...maybe they will blow over. good luck!

I was out there on Saturday and we had a great day as well. Fishing must be turning on. Our big fish was close to 6 and we had a few nice chunks as well. We fished much deeper though (24-55ft) and caught nothing but LMB's.

Hendo,

I haven't really fished Canyon that often although I live right down the road from it. I know you don't want to give away your exact locations but are there better spots to fish than others? Any info you are willing to share would be appreciated. I usually fish Calavares and gas is killing me.

Thanks.

Al

I have been having the best luck fishing dropoffs on the main lake points as of late. 10-25 feet of water. I usually try at least one new spot every time I go out there...weather permitting. The wind usually plays a big role in where you can fish out there. Yesterday it was dead calm so I could fish anywhere and hit a few places I have never been able to before.

If you get out there real early and you are seeing topwater action, I'd try a topwater bait along the rocks and stickups. There is a lot of hidden timber right underneath the surface out there too along the rock ledges. Give those a try.

I've been fishing this lake for about 5 years now and am just starting to figure it out a little, so be patient. I absolutely hated Canyon lake when I 1st started fishing it. Hated it!