Weekly Fishing Report Week of December 13, 2023
Sam Rayburn
FAIR. Water slightly stained; 58 degrees; 6.96 feet below pool. Bass are good shallow, with some bass on deeper points using rattletraps and shallow running spinnerbaits, and topwaters early. Seeing a lot of smaller fish. Crappie are slow to fair using minnows and jigs. White bass are moving up the river using small rattletraps and roadrunners. Catfish are in the creeks in 12-18 feet of water biting using cut bait, or live minnows. Many sandbars and stumps so navigate with caution. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service. Large amounts of black bass are offshore, in creek channels or main lake ditches biting Alabama rigs, jigging spoons, dropshots or shaky heads. There is a shallow bite in the early morning and late afternoon on chatterbaits, lipless crankbaits or hybrid hunters. Report by Captain Hank Harrison, Double H Precision Fishing.
Toledo Bend
FAIR. Water clear; 57-60 degrees; 4.35 feet below pool. Fishing patterns are holding steady. The creeks are muddy but should clear by the weekend. Bass are good and should only improve as the water cools. Bass are in three stages with catches up to 8 pounds. Shallow bass are in 2-6 feet of water biting spinnerbaits, chatterbaits and rattletraps. Bass in 10-18 feet of water can be caught using a big crankbait, Texas or Carolina rig worm. Deeper bass can be found in 22-28 feet of water on spoons, dropshots and any kind of deep diving bait. Few reports of crappie this time of year while fish are scattered in deep water chasing bait deep. The crappie should start to group up in the coming weeks. Catfish are slow. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
SALTWATER
Sabine Lake
GOOD. 74 degrees. Limits of trout and limits of redfish are good in the morning drifting points and bayous in Sabine Lake off the bottom in the morning with �¾ ounce silver and gold spoons, or �¾ ounce glo chartreuse 5 inch plastics. Early morning North Levee bite for speckled trout on topwaters, and 5 inch plastics, then live shrimp under a popping cork. Then fishing Pleasure Island Point making long drifts with a �¼ ounce jig or live shrimp under a popping cork. Bank anglers are catching trout with live shrimp under a popping cork. Redfish and speckled trout are good in the Neches River fishing �¾ ounce spoons under the birds on points and cuts as the shrimp come out of the marsh. Then fish buoys for bull redfish, slot, and sheepshead and drum with live shrimp on Carolina rig. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.
Bolivar
GOOD. 60-65 degrees. Catches of redfish, sheepshead, big croaker, sand trout and whiting at the jetties using live or dead shrimp and finger mullet. Most catches of trout in East Bay. Flounder are at the jetty ready for the season to open December 15. Report by Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp. Fish deeper ends of the reefs or wind protected cuts with wind and cooler temperatures. The jetty holding sheepshead and trout on live shrimp close to rocks. Yates Slough’s holding redfish on grass lines close to Siever’s Cut. Stingaree to Rollover Pass holding redfish in deeper marshes on popping cork with shrimp and artificial twitch bait, or split tails. Report by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service.
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