Weekly Fishing Report Week of December 17, 2025
Sam Rayburn
Water muddy; 58 degrees; 9.23 feet below pool. Fishing conditions remain about the same as recent reports, with no major changes in patterns. Water temperatures are holding in the high 50s to low 60s, keeping fish activity steady but somewhat limited across the lake. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.
Toledo Bend
59 degrees; 4.10 feet below pool. Water temperatures are falling with recent air temperatures dropping into the 20s, after surface temperatures were in the 56-60 degree range yesterday. Strong winds over the past couple of days have limited time on the water, but as conditions stabilize the deeper bite should continue to improve this week. Look for fish in 18-25 feet using spoons, tail spinners, and larger crankbaits. A few fish have been showing in main-lake timber following bait, though heavy winds have scattered the shad and it may take a few days for them to regroup–spoons and A-rigs remain good options. There is still a shallow bite available in 4-8 feet, but anglers will need to slow down with Texas rigs, swim jigs, and traps. No crappie reports at this time. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
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Sabine Lake
60 degrees. Trout and redfish are good early in the morning underneath the birds on the north end of Sabine Lake. Cast three-quarter ounce jigs with white glow plastics or three-quarter inch gold and three-quarter ounce silver spoons. When the birds quit leading the way the mid morning shifts to the intercoastal waterway with live shrimp under a popping cork on our rock piles and shell flats. sheepsheads and drums are biting on rock piles with Carolina rig split shots. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.
Bolivar
57 degrees. Just as the weather cools, it will warm back up again. Fish know it and are already in pockets and deeper waters. Breezy north winds continue this week and three tide days changing back and forth from two to three tides means the fish will only be active a few hours in the morning and at night. Check the forecast before you head out or call ahead to your favorite bait shop. Water temperatures are finally in the 50s. Anglers are catching plenty of redfish and trout in the surf, jetty, bay-side canals and east bay using finger mullet and mud minnows. There are a few flounder and speckled trout being caught along with sand trout with croakers and crabs along the jetty, but it has been hit-or-miss. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.
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