Weekly Fishing Report Week of October 2, 2024
Sam Rayburn
FAIR. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.82 feet below pool. Bass are schooling more in the morning so expect more topwater action on grass edges and points. Crappie are fair on standing timber in 27 feet on brush piles with minnows over jigs. Blue and channel catfish are fair in 24-27 feet of water and in the river bends on cut bait and minnows. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service. Lake level is holding steady, but expect the lake to drop to 5-7 feet low to continue to work on the dam in the future. Fish are in all stages of the transition. Target bass with jig head minnows and forward facing sonar. Bass are suspended at the mouth of creeks and on offshores flats chasing bait. When bass are schooling on the bottom cast a Carolina rig, dropshot, and shaky head. There is an abundance of shallow fish and this pattern should continue through the fall. Target the hay grass and flooded bushes early in the morning to catch bass chasing bait using a chatterbait, swimbait or frog. Report by Hank Harrison, Double H Precision Guide Service.
Toledo Bend
FAIR. Water normal stain; 85 degrees; 4.13 feet below pool. It’s really back to summer again here the water temperature is back to the mid to high 80s. Bass bite is back to being just fair with shallow fish on topwater and chatterbaits. Creek fish are in 5-8 feet little better. Fish out deep, but most are small to keepers with dropshots and spoons. Crappie slow. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
SALTWATER
Sabine Lake
GOOD. 85 degrees. Ling are good in the gulf. Trout continue to bite at the rigs in 14-20 feet of water. Some catches of triple tail at the rigs off the beach retrieving 3/8 ounce jig heads on the bottom in 36 feet of water. Ladyfish and sharks are abundant at the jetties. Some triple tails, cobia and snapper in the ICW. North revetment wall is good for speckled trout biting shrimp under a popping cork in the morning. Then we go into the canal off of Pleasure Island Point and drift on the flats for some nice trout and redfish. The fish are running shrimp up out of the deeper water of the intercoastal canal. Target redfish, speckled trout, and flounder with shrimp under a popping cork and shrimp on the shell flats and the rock piles. Slot fish are biting on outgoing tide in the morning and midday. Also catching some trout in 10-14 feet of water on a quarter ounce jig head with watermelon red flake 3.5 inch plastic. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.
Bolivar
EXCELLENT. 83 degrees. Expect another week of excellent fishing due to the cool mornings. Plenty of action at the jetty producing limits of slot-sized trout, big bull redfish, and black drum. Flounder are still visible on the low tides and a few bigger females are starting to move in for the fall. Tide changes and incoming tide fishing will be some of the best especially on days with calm winds. The beach has been flat and crystal clear. The surf is producing limits of speckled trout, bull redfish and black drum. The big stingrays and bigger sharks are still running along the whole peninsula with more caught by Gilchrist and the Bolivar flats. Anglers are using all kinds of different bait with awesome results. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.
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