Canyon Lake tailwater, New Braunfels, Texas · USA
Dam-controlled river. Flow here follows releases upstream, so it can change within hours. Check the release schedule before you drive.
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Flow: USGS Guadalupe Rv at Sattler, TX, USGS Guadalupe Rv abv Comal Rv at New Braunfels, TX. Recent readings are provisional. Normal range: the middle half of past flows for these dates. Forecast: National Weather Service.
Nov–Apr for trout (stocking Dec–Feb); summer is mostly bass Wrong?
Cold bottom releases from Canyon Lake let Texas Parks & Wildlife stock rainbows each winter, and some hold over year-round. The banks are mostly private, so most anglers float or pay for access at campgrounds and leases.
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Fly into SAT San Antonio, then 1 hr (AUS Austin 1 hr). About 36 miles (58 km) by road. Marker near Third Crossing in the trout zones, which run from 800 yards below Canyon Dam down past New Braunfels' River Road crossings.
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Driving from San Antonio about 1 hr, Austin about 1 hr 20 min, Houston about 3 hr 40 min, Dallas about 4 hr 40 min.
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