13 AUGUST 2008






This is one of 5 reports for a 5 day vacation trip made to Canyon Lake, TX from M-F, 11-15 August, 2008.

WEEK’S SUMMARY:

To summarize the weather, Monday was heavily overcast and unseasonably comfortable up until around 11:00am when the thick blanket of clouds burned off. By that evening the temperatures had climbed back to mid-August norms with partly cloudy skies and hot, humid conditions.

On Tuesday, we woke to rain and occasional lightning right up until around 2pm. The skies then cleared out and again, by that evening the temperatures had climbed back to mid-August norms with partly cloudy skies and hot, humid conditions.

Wednesday and Thursday were photocopies of one another, with fair skies, unobscured sunrise and sunset, and hot, nearly windless conditions during the day with temps in the high nineties.

Friday was much like Monday with heavily overcast skies and unseasonably comfortable up until around 11:00am when the thick blanket of clouds burned off. By that evening the temperatures had climbed back to mid-August norms with partly cloudy skies and hot, humid conditions and a light SE breeze with thunderheads building in the SE.

In reviewing the entire week, morning success far exceeded evening success, and Areas 230 and 224 were by far the most productive during that morning time.


WEDNESDAY’S REPORT:

Fished only in the morning this morning. Started off fishing the shallow point at Area 238 and had 3 largemouth blow up on my Spook Jr., but none hooked.

At first light, I caught glimpse of surface action in the vicinity of Area 224. Wolfpacks of largemouth were forcing small shad to the surface and driving them all around the shallows here. Fished here exclusively landing 15 largemouth with 12 coming on a cork rig, and 3 coming on a fly rod, including the pending lake record, a 14+ inch fish taken on the Polished Chicken fly.

Once the action here died, it was done for the morning. I did check Areas 228, 229, 227, and 226, but shad were blanketing the areas without bunching up in fear of gamefish.

TALLY TODAY: 15 FISH, all caught and released

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