Weekly Fishing Report Week of July 24, 2024
Please note the map below. Bacteria counts in the water on Bolivar are currently at a high level.
Sam Rayburn (168.07)
GOOD. Water stained; 83 degrees; 3.58 feet above pool. The bite for all species seems to improve when the water is being generated. This stirs the water, breaking up the thermocline. Bass are slow in shallow water with many smaller fish being caught on frogs, and spinnerbaits. Deeper bass bite is fair with Carolina rigs. Crappie are slow in the morning, but improve midday. Catfish are all over the lake in 20 feet of water and in 12 feet of water in the creek channels. White bass are on points in the south end of the lake near the dam. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service. As the lake continues to drop fish are going to be moving to traditional summer locations pending the thermocline depth. Bass are good early morning on shallow main lake points with medium or deep diving crankbaits, and topwaters. Main lake ledges with Carolina rig shaky head and spoons. Brush piles shallower than the thermocline with Texas rigs, jigs or Carolina rigs. The thermocline is actively fluctuating and will continue to do so while lake level changes. Navigate with caution watching for floating debris, trees, and stumps. Report by Hank Harrison, Double H Precision Fishing.
Toledo Bend (170.70)
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 91 degrees; 1.80 feet below pool. Fishing is slow during the day but great at night. The forecast predicts 4-5 inches by the weekend, and the creeks are running strong. Water temperatures are back down in the high 80s, so when the weather finally settles the bass fishing should improve during the day with all the freshwater. Topwater baits, chatterbaits and spinnerbaits will be good in 1-5 feet around the bay grass and edge of flooded bushes. It will take a few days for the deeper fish to start to bite after all the rising water. Best baits will be mid range crankbaits and Texas rig, worm or baby’s brush hog. The best bite has been at night with catches up to 10 pounds with buzzbaits and spinnerbaits on main lake points then Texas rigs and Carolina rigs out in 10-16 feet. The crappie fishing has been slow but should improve. Best fishing has been deep brush and standing timber 12-18 feet with live bait. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
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Sabine Lake
FAIR. 86 degrees. Good catches of redfish in Sabine Lake making long drifts in 8-14 feet of water. Key on mullet to locate redfish and trout in Sabine Lake. The lake is muddy on top but the salinity is improving on the south end of the lake and upper end. Black tip sharks are along the banks mixed in with the redfish. South revetment wall is good for nice catches of trout with crankbaits and slow sinking baits, or imitation shad. Nice trout and jack crevalle on the first and second pike with live shrimp with a popping cork. Hurricane Beryl moved the bait into the system. There is good trout action at the ends of the jetties early in the morning with artificials, but when the sun rises the bite is over. Catching nice speckled trout on the inside of jetties and Sabine Channel rock piles and flats. Jack crevalle and sharks at the jetties. Hooked a tarpon at the jetties. Many smaller sized trout on soft plastics at the rigs with jigs fished at the bottom around the platform. Trout are being caught drifting over mud and shell along the beach. Catches of ling at the short rigs mixed in with the trout. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.
Bolivar
GOOD. 85 degrees. Numbers of redfish, croakers, sand trout, sheepshead, black drum, speckled trout, and crabs caught along the jetty with plenty of stingrays and sharks. The surf is producing redfish and black drum, gafftop, lots of stingrays, and bigger sharks along the whole peninsula with high activity towards Gilchrist or High Island. Finger mullet and croaker have been popular baits. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.
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