Weekly Fishing Report Week of March 13, 2024
Sam Rayburn
GOOD. Water stained; 64 degrees; 4.43 feet below pool. Bass are trying to spawn deeper than normal in 4-12 feet of water. Bass are hitting jigs, crankbaits and Texas rigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs in the creeks. Catfish are hitting cut bait off the bottom in the river channel. White bass are up the river hitting roadrunners and small rattletraps. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service. Large groups of bass are making the push shallow in 3-15 feet in the grass and hydrilla. Bass are hitting Texas rig stick bait, lightweight Carolina rig, rattletrap, and chatterbait. Report by Captain Hank Harrison, Double H Precision Fishing.
Toledo Bend
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 63 degrees; 2.07 feet below pool. The bass are spawning with most of fish in 1-5 feet of water. Best baits are wacky worms, Senkos, or frogs. A few fish are still deep at around 8-15 feet deep. Those will bite a Texas or Carolina rigged worm or medium size crankbait. Big weather coming this weekend will make for a difficult bite but then back on track into next week. The Crappie bite is good in the creeks in 3-8 feet of water using jigs, roadrunners and minnows. The North end is better than the South end at this time. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
SALTWATER
Sabine Lake
GOOD. 65 degrees. ICW rock piles are good for catches of trout, redfish and sheepshead with live shrimp under a popping cork. Speckled trout are good on the North Levee wall with popping cork under live shrimp, but best midday with any dark 5 inch plastics 1/16 ounce jighead. Redfish, drum and a few trout are being caught in the Sabine Channel shell flats on live shrimp under a popping cork. Strong winds have kept anglers in the wind protected areas. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.
Bolivar
GOOD. 60 degrees. It has been a beautiful week for fishing! More and more people are catching fish with the weather changes. The water has been beautiful as well. There were sightings of bioluminescence at night off the surf. Black drum and sheepshead are prevalent this week ahead of whiting, sand trout, redfish, speckled trout, plus the occasional pompano and alligator gar. Report by North Jetty Bait Camp. The surf is starting to hold some black drum, pompano, small shark and the occasional redfish. The North Jetty surfside is holding sheepshead and trout against rocks. Look for baitfish. Redfish in the channel hitting Carolina rigged mullet, shad, or crab. The end holds nice schools of trout and sheepshead. Report by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service.
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