Weekly Fishing Report Week of June 25, 2025
Sam Rayburn
GOOD. Water stained; 86 degrees; 0.58 feet above pool. Bass are shallow early in the pencil and hay grass with topwater baits. Then bass move to points and drains with Carolina rigs and jigs. Crappie are slowly moving to brush piles, with a better bite on the south end of the lake and Ash Bayou. Jigs and minnows are working equally. Bluegill are on brush piles. Catfish are transitioning from the creeks to the main lake on points and channel bends with cut bait or stink bait. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.
Toledo Bend
GOOD. Water stained; 85 degrees; 0.38 feet below pool. Rain continues to fall with more on the way, keeping the lake just a few inches below full pool. The bass bite is holding steady, with a solid shallow water bite early in the morning and again during midday. Topwater lures are producing at daylight, while midday action has been best in thick vegetation using popping frogs and flipping beaver-style baits in heavy pads and bushes. Deeper fish are being caught on Texas rigs and big crankbaits along main lake ridges in 12-24 feet of water. Crappie fishing has slowed with the heat and high water, with the best reports coming from anglers fishing at night under lighted docks or using floating flood lights–live bait is outperforming jigs. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
SALTWATER
Sabine Lake
GOOD. 82 degrees. Limits of early morning trout continue at the jetties with live shrimp on a popping cork then fishing the Sabine Channel. Redfish are good at tide changes. South end of Sabine Lake oyster and shell flats in 8-14 feet of water with ⅛-�¼ ounce jigheads in glo chartreuse and ice during outgoing tides. Small fish can be caught along the banks, and there is a hit-or-miss bite under birds for trout. Sheepshead and drum are biting in the jetties with Carolina rigged live shrimp on the rocks, and on rock piles in the Sabine Channel. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.
Bolivar
GOOD. 83 degrees. This week will be a little mix of cloudy with a splash of sun this weekend for great fishing like last week and the week before! Check the daily forecast or call your favorite bait shop for updates. The tides are coming in during the morning and water levels drop in the afternoon with the outgoing tides. Water levels are back and forth per normal with a lot of sargassum washing in on the surf. People are still catching plenty of redfish, gafftop and black drum everywhere. There are plenty of keeper speckled trout being caught along with sand trout, sheepshead and crabs caught along the jetty. The bigger stingrays and sharks are definitely here and the real action has begun. We received reports of 7-9 foot lemon sharks, a few nice bull sharks and one big hammerhead landed. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.
Social Media