Weekly Fishing Report Week of September 11, 2024
Toledo Bend
FAIR. Water normal stain; 83 degrees; 3.90 feet below pool. Fishing has picked up some, but we received heavy rain from Hurricane Francine. Weather forecast should clear by the weekend. That is the best news we have had in a while, and should bring the shallower fish. Casting chatterbaits, buzz baits and top water will be key baits with the new flooded grass. Some of the creeks are going to be muddy to stain, but will clear up in a couple of days, once the water clears the back of creeks should be good for next weeks, shad will start moving in and spinnerbaits and small crankbaits in 4-6 feet will be good! The deep bite will slow back down with the rising water, this should only last a few days, and get back going. Texas and Carolina rigs with 7 and 9 inch worms being best bait. This is really going to hurt the crappie fishing for a week, or so until conditions calm back down. It is always slow this time of year, but with the cooler temperatures, we should start to see them pick back up. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
Sam Rayburn
FAIR. Water stained; 82 degrees; 0.25 feet below pool. Water continues to be off-colored but should clear by next week. Bass are fair in shallow water over grass with topwaters, or on secondary points Carolina rigs and dropshots. Crappie are fair on brush piles with the best bite on minnows over jigs. Blue and channel catfish are fair in 15-25 feet of water on cut bait and minnows. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.
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Sabine Lake
GOOD. 85 degrees. Higher tides from Hurricane Francine, and the coming full moon are contributing to increased salinity in Sabine Lake. More salinity on the south shoreline. Speckled trout are good early morning on the south revetment wall with live shrimp with a popping cork. Then cast silver or white crankbaits when the sun rises for catches of trout and redfish. North Levy wall is producing catches with live bait on a popping cork. Even when the sun is up the fish are thick biting on the same pattern. Plastics tipped with shrimp will land some limits of flounder on both the south and north revetment wall. Pleasure Island Point and ICW live shrimp popping cork for nice trout in the morning in 4-12 feet of water. After the sun rises, use a Carolina rigged live shrimp on bulkheads and rock piles and shell flats for a mixed bag of redfish, speckled trout and flounder. Texaco Island basin for flounder with plastics tipped with shrimp. Nice trout can be caught in the same area. Some sightings of redfish mid to the north end which is normal for this time of year. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.
Bolivar
EXCELLENT. 83 degrees. Get ready for another week of Excellent fishing! Water temperatures are cooling after the storm clouds and tides. The jetty has been producing limits of trout and big bull redfish. Small flounder have been visible on the low tides and are starting to move in for the fall. Post-storm fishing will be some of the best. The surf is producing limits of speckled trout, bull redfish and black drum. The stingrays and bigger sharks are still running along the whole peninsula. Anglers are using all kinds of different bait with awesome results. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.
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