Weekly Fishing Report Week of May 29, 2024
Sam Rayburn
GOOD. Water stained; 78 degrees; 5.56 feet above pool. Bass are in the flooded bushes and trees with soft plastics. Few bass are on points and creek Carolina rigs and crankbaits. Some crappie are shallow and some are roaming in open water. Crappie are best on brush in 12 feet of water, but while the lake level is high the brush piles are 16-18 feet deep. Catfish are good on creek channels and deeper points with minnows and cut baits. White bass on deeper points Jahn jigging spoons and little George’s. Navigate with caution watching for floating debris. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service. Expect rising water levels due to the forecasted rain. Bass are shallow in flooded bushes and trees in 4-10 feet of water. Large population of fish off shore on primary and secondary points in 12-18 feet of water in relation to shoreline flooded bushes. Use Texas rigs, spinnerbaits, chatterbaits and topwater frogs shallow. The offshore bite is on deep diving crankbaits, Carolina rigs, and jigs. Report by Captain Hank Harrison, Double H Precision Fishing.
Toledo Bend
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.05 feet below pool. The lake is full pool, with five flood gates open at 1 feet each and both generators running 24 hours a day. More rain is in the forecast. Bass are good in 1-15 feet of water hitting just about how ever you like to fish, from top water frog, spinnerbait, chatterbait, anything around the flooded bushes. Other fish come on Texas rigs and crankbait in 8-15 feet, main lake ridges and points. Most of these fish are following the shad around, some of these storms we get have big wind in them and just break the bait up, then it takes a few days for the shad to get grouped back up. The best bite has really been at night, buzz baits and spinnerbaits have been on fire! These fish came around flooded bushes. Several anglers say you have to watch it if you get hung up, with the high water, several of the bushes have snakes in them. Be best to shine your light in the bush before reaching in and getting you bait unhung! Crappie fishing has been just ok, with the water still fallen and still getting these bugs storms, it is really needed to calm down before it really helps. Still some being caught on bushes and around docks close to deeper water. Both live bait and jigs are working. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
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Sabine Lake
GOOD. 78 degrees. The word must be out on the good bite because there is increased boater traffic and anglers on the water. Freshwater flushed the shrimp into Sabine Lake, so birds are feasting on the jumping shrimp leading to limits of redfish. Cast �¾ ounce gold spoons. Threadfin shad, mullet, and mud minnows are in abundance. Expect bird action to continue for a month. Limits of redfish with flounder, drum and sheepshead mixed in along the banks with shrimp under a popping cork. Also, along the bayous, points and drops on glo chartreuse plastics, something fish can see in the brackish water. Water continues to be too fresh for speckled trout. Winds have been too high to fish the channel but when the weather allows trout, flounder, and redfish can be caught on the rock piles, shell humps and flats with glo chartreuse or live shrimp under a popping cork. Shoreline anglers are reeling redfish, flounder, sheepshead and drum from the south and north levee walls with live shrimp popping cork and Carolina rig. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.
Bolivar
GOOD. 78 degrees. Water levels are fluctuating with tides and wind this week changing back to four tide days on Friday. Still lots of freshwater on the bay side dumping from up north. The best bite conditions this week will be on edges of the deeper spots holding saltier water. People are catching plenty of redfish of varying sizes everywhere! Small croakers showed up along with sand trout, sheepshead, black drum, speckled trout, and crabs caught along the jetty with more stingrays and sharks. Pompano and Jack Crevalle are running. The surf is producing reds and black drum, gafftop, lots of stingrays, and bigger sharks along the whole peninsula. The sargassum, or seaweed, is thick in spots. People were using all kinds of different things for bait this past week with good results. We did sell out of live shrimp this past week again with plenty in stock so call ahead to your favorite bait shop. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.
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