Weekly Fishing Report Week of September 4, 2024
Sam Rayburn
FAIR. Water stained; 85 degrees; 0.05 feet above pool. Bass are fair in shallow water over grass with topwaters, or on secondary points Carolina rigs and dropshots. Crappie are fair on brush piles with the best bite on minnows over jigs. Blue and channel catfish are fair in 20-27 feet of water on cut bait and minnows. Several catches of blue catfish up to 10 pounds. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.
Toledo Bend
FAIR. Water normal stain; 89 degrees; 3.57 feet below pool. Anglers can almost feel a touch of fall in the air first thing in the morning, unfortunately the fish have not felt this yet. Bass are slow with little to no early action, but the deep bite is finally seeing some action in 14-20 feet of water. Some reports of 12-18 fish caught up to 4 pounds, some some 8 pounders in the mix. The best baits have been Texas and Carolina rigged worms or big crankbaits. Expect the bass bite to improve as the cooler fall weather settles in. Crappie bite has been just fair. A few good size catches, but just not the numbers. These fish are coming on deep timber and brush piles with live bait. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
SALTWATER
Sabine Lake
GOOD. 87 degrees. Start in the jetties early in the morning for trout on a popping cork with live shrimp or work a Carolina rigged shrimp for sheepshead or drum. Sabine Channel rocks piles and shell flats with 3.5 inch red shad plastics, redfish and trout. Ladyfish and sharks are all over the bait. Intracoastal Waterways holding some good redfish and numbers of speckled trout from Pleasure Island Point to Texaco Island on shell flats, rock piles and bulkheads. Bulkheads are producing catches of mangrove snapper, sheepshead and drum with live shrimp under a popping cork or Carolina rigged. Salinity is improving on the south end of Sabine Lake, so expect the trout bite to improve. Target redfish and flounder on points and drops making long drifts on shell flats and drops, and along the Bayou drop-offs, cuts and points with artificial baits. Stick with artificial baits because shrimp will attract an array of ladyfish and gafftop catfish. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.
Bolivar
EXCELLENT. 83 degrees. The fishing has been very good for flounder, speckled trout, red snapper, vermillion snapper, redfish, grouper, yellowfin tuna, and mackerel for dinner. Water temperature staying in the low 80s. Bull redfish and black drum are feeding off the surf and jetty. Anglers are catching lots of speckled trout, redfish, croakers, sand trout, a few flounder, black drum, speckled trout, and crabs caught along the jetty plus lots of stingrays and sharks. A few Spanish mackerel and some mangrove snapper are being caught as well. The surf is still producing limits of speckled trout, lots of bull reds and black drum, lots of stingrays, and bigger sharks along the whole peninsula. Anglers are using all kinds of different things for bait with awesome results. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.
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