Weekly Fishing Report Week of July 3, 2024
Sam Rayburn
GOOD. Water stained; 90 degrees; 6.56 feet above pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Water level is slowly dropping, but fishing conditions and patterns are holding steady. Summer bite is just around the corner when we will see the bass draw to deeper water points and white bass schooling. Bass are good on topwaters, or flipping soft plastics into submerged brush and points, or deeper humps and points with Carolina rigs. Crappie are in 12-16 feet of water, 20-30 feet on timber and brush. Catfish are in 22 feet of water in the creek channels. White bass are in 26 feet of water off of points on jigging spoons. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service. Water temperatures are rapidly rising to the mid 90s. Thermocline is 15-25 feet of water depending on where you are in the lake. Morning until 10 a.m or after 3 p.m. Largemouth bass are good on submerged main lake points and ledges in 16-24 feet of water with crankbaits, jig head minnow or Carolina rig. Report by Hank Harrison, Double H Precision Fishing.
Toledo Bend
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 92 degrees; 0.27 feet below pool. Anticipate increased recreational boater traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Fishing patterns are holding steady with a tougher bite this week. Bass are good shallow to deep all over the lake however you like to fish. The best baits for shallow water are frogs, pop r’s, buzz baits and senko. The mid range fish are good on Texas rig and mid running crankbait in 8-12 feet range. The deep fish are coming on big crankbaits, Texas rigs and Carolina rigs. With the full moon coming, the night fishing will be back on fire with buzz baits and spinnerbaits around the shallow water. Watch for snakes in the flooded bushes at night. Crappie are fair while there continues to be a current from the influx of freshwater coming down the lake. Fish deep docks and lighted docks at night and shallow brush piles with jigs and live bait. Thanks Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
SALTWATER
Sabine Lake
FAIR. 86 degrees. Limits of trout at the jetties and channel using glo or glitter imitation glass minnows and live shrimp under a popping cork. The bite is best during incoming tides. Limits of drum with a Carolina rig. Jetty rock piles, underwater points for a mixed bag of speckled trout, drum, redfish and sheepshead. Very nice catches of trout on the south end of the lake reefs in 8-12 feet of water. Fish are staging up in flats or tight to the bank in 2-3 feet of water with live shrimp under a popping cork. North Levee is good when the winds out of the north for speckled trout and flounder. Limits of redfish in channel rocks. ICW redfish and trout up against bulkheads, rocks, and shell banks. This is a good indication that the salinity levels are good in the waterways. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.
Bolivar
GOOD. 82 degrees. Water levels are normalizing with tides and low wind this week plus 4 tide days. The salinity has normalized as well. People are catching plenty of redfish everywhere! There are plenty of croakers along with sand trout, sheepshead, black drum, speckled trout, and crabs caught along the jetty with stingrays and sharks. Pompano and the occasional jack crevalle are still running. The surf is producing redfish and black drum, gafftop, lots of stingrays, and bigger sharks along the whole peninsula with high activity towards Gilchrist and High Island mainly. The sargassum, seaweed, remains sporadic in spots per normal. People are using all kinds of different things for bait this past week with awesome results. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.
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