Weekly Fishing Report Week of October 22, 2025
Sam Rayburn – Water stained; 80 degrees; 8.36 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; 4.25 feet below pool. Cooler weather has finally arrived with morning air temperatures at 53 degrees, and it’ll take a few days for the water to cool down. More rain is expected over the next couple of days, which could affect conditions. The shallow bite is picking up with chatterbaits, swim jigs, and swimbaits working well in 1-5 feet of water. Try a Texas rig, wacky work, or weightless fluke along grass edges and creek bends around stumps. Out deeper, big crankbaits and Carolina rigs are producing on main lake points and ridges in 18-22 feet – look for shad, as bass are starting to follow the bait. Crappie fishing should improve some but will depend on how much rain falls this week, as the bite remains a bit slow for now. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
SALTWATER
Sabine Lake
83 degrees. Fishing is phenomenal between cold fronts. Redfish are good in the ICW on rock piles and bulkheads. Nice catches of trout on Carolina rigs in 6-15 feet of water, or live shrimp under a popping cork in 4-6 feet of water. Jetties are producing a few speckled trout and some bull redfish early in the morning. The gulf rigs are producing nice catches of trout, and ling fish in 35 feet of water. Some nice triple tail are running the weedlines. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.
Bolivar
84 degrees. 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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