Weekly Fishing Report Week of March 12, 2025
Sam Rayburn
SLOW. Water stained; 58 degrees; 1.73 feet above pool. Bass are slow to move on spawning beds while water is coming in, and water is being released. Bass are in the creeks, points and pockets staging in near spawning areas in 8 feet of water. Flipping the outside hay grass and buck bush rattle traps will land a few bites. Crappie are moving to creek pockets, and catfish are transitioning to creek pockets to spawn. Few white bass on points in the creeks hitting rattle traps, crankbaits, and spinnerbaits. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.
Toledo Bend
SLOW. Water stained; 60 degrees; 0.70 feet below pool. There are more anglers on the water as water temperatures are now 60 degrees. Lots of bass on the bank spawning or in prespawn. The bite will especially be good with the full moon. The shallow bite has been best with wacky worms, senkos, Texas rig lizards and if wind is blowing. They will still eat spinnerbait or chatterbait. Deeper fish can be found on main lake points in 8-12 feet with a Carolina rig and football jig. Crappie are picking back up in the backs of the creeks with roadrunners and tube jigs. Bends in the creeks have been the best place to hold the bigger crappie in 6-8 feet near shallow flats. As water warms the action will continue to improve. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
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“Drone Boats” Conducting Surveys On Toledo Bend Lake
Sabine Parish Sheriff Aaron Mitchell wanted to notify the public of surveys that will be performed on Toledo Bend Lake over the next three months.
According to company representatives, bathymetric surveys will be conducted with remotely operated unmanned surface vessels (USVs), also known as autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs), or “drone boats.” The USVs will follow pre-programmed routes, conducting a remotely operated and monitored bathymetric survey to create a new high-resolution fishing map that will be available next year.
We ask the public, boaters, and fisherman not to disrupt or access these “drone boats” in any way while you are enjoying Toledo Bend Lake.
If you have any questions or concerns, please send an email to info@simplespatial.com
Some example photos of the boats are included.
SALTWATER
Sabine Lake
GOOD. 57 degrees. Very good boxes of fish daily in Sabine Lake with the best bite during incoming tides. Speckled trout are good in 2-4 feet of water on suspended baits, switching to quarter ounce glo chartreuse plastics midday drifting over oyster reefs. Sabine Lake is good on points and rock piles along the north and south levees with live shrimp under a popping cork. Carolina rigged live shrimp sheepshead and drum. Also at the mouth of the bayous. Bayous with plastics along each of the banks. Slot redfish in the same area with live shrimp under a popping cork. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.
Bolivar
GOOD. 60 degrees. This is often the season of some wild winds and weather changes. We are back to 4 tide changes all this week with best times for fishing from mid-mornings to afternoons on incoming tides. Water levels are changing back and forth per usual for the upcoming spring extremes. Redfish are being caught all over. Nice speckled trout being caught along with sand trout, black drum, redfish, crabs, occasional sheepshead, and sporadic flounder caught along the jetty. A couple small stingrays and sharks are starting to show up, but it still needs to be warmer before the action begins. The surf is producing lots of redfish, huge black drum, occasional speckled trout, and a few sharks along the whole peninsula with more activity towards Gilchrist and High Island. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.
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