Weekly Fishing Report Week of June 14, 2023
Sam Rayburn
GOOD. Water stained; 84 degrees; 0.16 feet below pool. The lake is at full pool with more rain to come. Water is off color, and the best bite is areas with clearer water. Bass are shallow early and late on topwater frogs around the pencil grass. Later in the day move to humps and creeks with Carolina rigs and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on brush piles in clearer water. Blue and channel catfish are good in the channels and humps with cut bait. White bass are running the points with slabs and silver spoons. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.
Toledo Bend
FAIR. Water stained; 80-84 degrees; 0.73 feet below pool. The water level is 171.28 with both generators running from 1:00-6:00 p.m. daily. Water temperature at the Dam is 81 degrees. North of the three-mile Pendleton bridge, temperatures have been running 80-84 degrees. Air temperature will be up around 95 degrees this week. Fishing has been very tough for the bluegill, bass and crappie. Bass have good topwater frog bite over vegetation very early and at dark. Just a reminder, the summer weather brings quick developing showers, high winds, hail, and lightning. Watch your weather radar and if you hear lighting, get off the water. Remember, it is always better to play it safe by telling a loved one or friend the area you will be fishing, how many people are in your party and the expected return time. Good luck and keep casting forward! Report from Master Captain Steve “Scooby” Stubbe, Mudfish Adventures LLC, Orvis Endorsed Fly Fishing Guide, and Mudfish Custom Rod Shop.
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Sabine Lake
GOOD. 85 degrees. Winds have been gusty so fish wind protected areas. The channel has been good for speckled trout using shrimp under a popping cork. Redfish are good on artificials and topwaters on rock edges and points in 5-15 feet of water early morning. Intracoastal Canal producing limits of redfish on live shrimp under a popping cork with some trout mixed in. Speckled trout are good in the marsh using glo chartreuse plastics with a quarter ounce jighead or live shrimp under a popping cork. Redfish are biting in the Neches River and Bessie Heights marsh on flats using live mullet Carolina rigged, or live shrimp under a popping cork. Deeper water holding trout in the canals, sift through many small fish to find nice keepers. Fishing in the jetties should improve as the wind lays. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.
Bolivar
GOOD. 84 degrees. The surf is holding lots of black drum, pompano, sharks and redfish biting live or fresh dead shrimp. The North Jetty Gulf side holding limits of sheepshead and trout against Rocks look near the end on popping cork with shrimp. The wreck has good numbers of trout on free-line shrimp or croaker close to rocks. Channel side holding some nice trout close and big redfish on the bottom. Shark on the end of jetty towards gulf side. Report provided by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC.
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