Weekly Fishing Report Week of October 18, 2023
Sabine Lake
GOOD. 86 degrees. Limits of redfish, nice catches of trout, and some flounder in the ICW using live shrimp under a popping cork. Sabine Lake has been rough, the water is turbid but fishing conditions should improve by the weekend. Fish in the protected water of the Neches River when the winds are blowing. Limits of redfish are good coming out of the Bessie Heights marsh. Neches River buoys, drops, points, rock piles and the ends and mouths of cuts are good for redfish and speckled trout. Some nice flounder catches off the points using live shrimp under a popping cork. North Levee is producing nice catches of flounder, redfish, and speckled trout at the first and second pike. Cast topwaters early in the morning, switching midday to crankbaits, popping cork with live shrimp, glo chartreuse plastics with a 1/16 ounce jig head. Impoundment is producing nice flounder catches with plastics, jigs and shrimp under a popping cork. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.
Bolivar
GOOD. 80 degrees. Redfish run is on for “Red October” running along grassy shorelines. The surf is holding lots of black drum, sharks, and some big redfish on cut bait or live bait on the bottom. The gulf side of the North Jetty holding limits of trout, redfish, sheepshead, jack crevalle against the rocks with live bait and artificial. Also the jacks are running in the surf using big spoons or big deer hair jigs. The cuts leading in the bay from ICW holding fish against shorelines. Numbers of black drum are around Goat Island. Report provided by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC.
FRESHWATER
Sam Rayburn
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 75 degrees; 5.62 feet below pool. Bass are moving shallow to fatten up biting topwaters, crankbaits, and spinnerbaits. Wacky worms along the edge of grass and pads will continue to catch fish as well. Crappie are still in brush piles, and bluegill have moved off the brush piles. Catfish are chasing shad balls up the creeks. White bass typically migrate up the creeks, but with the water level so low fish may stay south. The lake level is low so navigate with caution watching for obstacles. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.
Toledo Bend
FAIR. Water clear; 70 degrees; 4.23 feet below pool. Bass fishing has picked up to good with topwaters early in the morning, if you have some wind a spinnerbait or chatterbait will be good. The deeper bite 15-20 feet of water Texas rig, Carolina rig, or crankbait the color does not matter. Crappie are showing up in the backs of creeks in 10-15 feet of water. A few white bass catches near the Pendleton Bridge on spoons or a deep crankbait. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
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