Fishing has been hot in the month of March. The Toyota ShareLunker program has recorded 32 entries in the first 15 days, including a 10 plus caught by Spencer Brister of Orange.
Sam Rayburn
GOOD. Water stained; 55 degrees; 3.36 feet low. Full moon draws the fish shallow so the bite will be best early morning and evening. The fish are waiting for the 60 degree water to change the pattern up. Bass are fair shallow on beds on the south end. Cast crankbaits on points, ditches and drains. Switch to Carolina rigs or drop shots near the creek channel ledges. Crappie are slow migrating back into the lake for the spawn. Catfish are in 12-18 feet of water in the channels biting on cut bait. White bass are slow. Report by Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.
Toledo Bend
FAIR. Water stained; 55 degrees; 2.30 feet low. The water level is 169.7 feet with no generators running. The water is clear in the main lake and stained in the feeder creeks. Water temperature in the main lake is 55 degrees and 50-55 degrees in the creeks. The feeder creeks are running 5-10 degrees colder due to the cold rainfall on Monday. Look in the back of coves and pockets for 58 degree water with no runoff you should be successful catching bass and crappie. Male buck bass should be starting to spawn soon, but no beds have been seen yet. Crappie are holding in 12-20 feet of water and some schools are moving shallow in 2-5 feet of water using jigs under a slip cork as the water warms in the afternoon. Successful colors are monkey milk, bluegrass blue and chartreuse, and fly fishers are casting a white/red collar fly jig and a white/chartreuse Clouser minnow. Catfish are still holding in 2-4 feet of water early in the mornings at the base of Cypress trees mid lake. Catfish are biting on a slip cork rig using shrimp, chicken livers and Captain’s garlic weenies. The air is crisp, and the campfires are warm so get the family and go fishing for those good times and memories! Good luck and tight lines! Report from Captain Steve (Scooby) Stubbe, Mudfish Adventures LLC, Mudfish Rod Shop, Kayak and Fishing Guide Service.
Class Date Angler Name Home Town Weight Water Body Elite 03/15 Chuck Elliott Stephenville TX 12.92 Leon Elite 03/13 Manny Garza Brady TX 10.14 O. H. Ivie Elite 03/12 Jeffrey Jones San Antonio TX 11.80 Stillhouse Lunker 03/12 Rolando Nandin San Antonio TX 8.30 ChokeCanyon Elite 03/12 Zachary Yeater Baytown TX 11.80 Lake O’Pines Elite 03/12 Marty Tanner Tolar TX 10.66 O. H. Ivie Lunker 03/10 Leyton Sharp Midland TX 9.85 O. H. Ivie Legacy #628 03/10 Kellie Renfro Lufkin TX 13.27 Nacogdoches Lunker 03/10 Jason Baird Henderson TX 8.18 Naconiche Legacy #627 03/10 donald cocannouer tuttle OK 14.87 O. H. Ivie Lunker 03/10 Vincent Alibrando Arp TX 9.03 Tyler East Lunker 03/09 Nick Bilby Bridgeport TX 8.06 O. H. Ivie Elite 03/09 Spencer Brister Orange TX 10.70 Sam Rayburn Elite 03/08 Vincent Alibrando Arp TX 11.45 Tyler East Lunker 03/08 abel segura bowie TX 8.36 O. H. Ivie Lunker 03/07 Connor Wall Monticello MN 9.23 Lake Fork Lunker 03/06 Greg Hill Yantis TX 8.00 Lake Fork Legacy #626 03/06 Jay Calvert Coldspring TX 14.38 Sam Rayburn Lunker 03/05 Patrick Sutton Arp TX 8.37 Lake Tyler Lunker 03/05 A.J. Morrow Marble Falls TX LB Johnson Lunker 03/05 Wendy Randolph Salado TX 9.26 Sam Rayburn Lunker 03/05 Jason Hargis Huntsville AR 9.00 Lake Fork Lunker 03/05 Matt Smith Huntsville AR 9.31 Lake Fork Elite 03/05 Dustin Trimuar Utopia TX 11.88 Oak Creek Lunker 03/05 Jesse Cupp Rogers AR 9.22 Lake Fork Lunker 03/05 Jason Hargis Huntsville AR 8.63 Lake Fork Elite 03/05 Pierson Fojtasek Keller TX 10.38 Ray Roberts Lunker 03/04 Marcel Garza Lubbock TX 9.50 Oak Creek Lunker 03/03 Chris Gafford Midland TX 8.00 J. B. Thomas Legacy #625 03/02 Josh Irvine Leander TX 13.96 Austin Lunker 03/02 James Louviere Keller TX Fairfield Legacy #624 03/01 Kyle Hall Granbury TX 16.10 O. H. Ivie
Sabine Lake
GOOD. 62 degrees. Trout and redfish are good in the Sabine Channel in 4-12 feet of water using glo/chartreuse ZMan MinnowZ in incoming tides for the best bite. Flounder are good in the channel off points and drop using New Penny Gulp Shrimp tipped with shrimp on a ⅜ ounce jighead. On the south end of Sabine Lake the trout are good in incoming tides 7-12 feet of water dragging over shell and mud using a red shad ZMan MinnowZ. Redfish with a few flounder mixed in are good along the banks on live shrimp popping cork on the points, drops and bayous. On the north end of the lake live shrimp under a popping cork or quarter ounce jigs glo/chartreuse ZMan. Limits of sheepshead and drum, with oversized and slot redfish mixed in near Bessie Heights in 4-12 feet of water in the marsh using Carolina rigs, live shrimp and mullet. Neches River holding good numbers in 4-20 feet of water off points and drops using morning glory ZMan in incoming tides fished off the shelf bringing it back up. The jetties are holding good numbers of sheepshead and drum, with a few bull reds mixed in, along the rocks using Carolina rigs. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.
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