Weekly Fishing Report Week of December 31, 2024
Sam Rayburn
FAIR. Water slightly stained; 60 degrees; 1.15 feet below pool. The lake level is on the rise due to the recent rain. The clarity is slightly muddy in the creeks and upriver. Bass are moving shallow into the bush with the new water. When you find grass, fish will be there. Bass are on the move upriver in shallow water with crankbaits and swim jigs. Crappie and white bass are going up river. Catfish are good in 15-26 feet of water on cut bait and minnows. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.
Toledo Bend
FAIR. Water normal stain; 58 degrees; 2.40 feet below pool. After the recent rains most of all the creeks are muddy and with water still coming in. The shallow bite is going to be hard with the dirty water, but chartreuse or orange colored spinnerbaits and chatterbaits always work great in the mud. The deep fish are going to be slow due to the rising water, but casting crankbaits, dropshots and spoons should land catches. Mid range fish are going to be best in 12-20 feet on Texas rigs, Carolina rigs and big crankbaits. There is a new moon coming this week which should get the female bass thinking about getting ready to make a move up. A cool down in the forecast with temperatures in the high 50s. No reports on crappie. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.
SALTWATER
Sabine Lake
GOOD. 68 degrees. Neches River is good for sheepshead, drum and redfish off the rocks and shell flats with live shrimp under a popping cork or on a Carolina rig. Some channel catfish are mixed in with the brackish water. Target the points, flats and rocks leaving the bayou where shrimp are flushing out. Trout are good at the Bessie Heights Marsh cuts and flats under the birds. There is a lot of shrimp in the marsh for game fish to gorge on. This pattern should continue through January. North Levy Wall and Pleasure Island are producing phenomenal speckled trout and limits of redfish with ⅜ ounce jigheads or �¾ ounce gold spoons. Sabine Lake is producing nice speckled trout and redfish mid to north lake under the birds with a �¾ ounce gold spoon, topwaters, and ⅜ ounce jigheads in white or white ice. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.
Bolivar
GOOD. 67 degrees. Water levels are swapping back-and-forth this week with the north winds pushing the tide out, and the incoming tide is clear. Anglers are still catching plenty of redfish everywhere. The big croakers are still being caught along with a few more sand trout, black drum, redfish, speckled trout, and crabs caught along the jetty with a few small stingrays and sharks. The surf is producing numbers of redfish, black drum, the occasional speckled trout and crabs along the whole peninsula with more activity towards Gilchrist, High Island mainly. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.
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