Weekly Fishing Report Week of October 8, 2025
Sam Rayburn
Water stained; 80 degrees; 7.81 feet below pool. The lake is slowly falling, creating lots of humps and shallow areas, so boaters should use caution. Water temperature is around 90 degrees, and bass are being caught shallow on points and pockets with topwater frogs and senkos, while crankbaits are working on points and drains and jigs or Carolina rigs are producing off ledges and structure. Crappie are starting to stack up on brush and timber, white bass are schooling off points, and catfish have moved into deeper water and creek channels with cut bait working well. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.
Toledo Bend
90 degrees; 4.08 feet below pool. No major changes to report – fishing remains slow, and the water temperature is holding steady at 84 degrees. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
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Sabine Lake
GOOD. 83 degrees. Limits of trout and redfish can be caught on Sabine Lake trolling beneath the birds half ounce silver spoons, live shrimp under a popping or live shrimp with ⅛ ounce jig heads. Bait is flushing out of the marshes so redfish, trout and flounder are mixed in the marsh flats feeding on bait. Quarter ounce gold spoons. Fishing was slower in the ICW, but trout and redfish can still be caught on shell flats and bulkheads. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.
Bolivar
FAIR. 84 degrees. Check the daily forecast or call your favorite bait shop for updates. Calm winds with four tide days changing back Friday to 2-3 tides means the fish are active multiple hours morning, noon and at night. Water temperatures are still hanging in the 80s in the bay and gulf. People are catching plenty of redfish, trout, and black drum everywhere. There are a few flounder and speckled trout being caught along with sand trout, croakers and crabs caught along the jetty. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.
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