Fresh and Saltwater Fishing Report from the TPWD
Sam Rayburn
GOOD. Water stained; 89 degrees; 3.64 feet low. Fish are stuck in the stubborn summer patter. Best success at daybreak and in the evenings. Dock fishing is good for catfish, perch and a few bass. Bass are good early morning with topwaters over grass transitioning to points with Carolina rigs and big crankbaits midday. White bass are good in the lake off points with chrome jigs. Crappie are good on brush piles with live minnows. Bluegill are mixed in with the crappie biting on worms. Catfish are in creek channels off ledges and brush piles in 15 feet of water and 20 feet of water near the bridges. Navigate with caution as stumps are surfacing. Report by Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.
Toledo Bend
FAIR. Water stained; 80-82 degrees; 3.69 feet low. The water level is 168.3 with both generators running from 1:00-7:00 p.m. Water temperature at the Dam is 80-82 degrees with surface temperature around 82. The back feeder creeks are clear, and the main lake is clear with some rain this week. It’s the same summer hot pattern. Bass are in the same pattern with early morning topwater bite with topwater baits like Pop Rs, tiny torpedoes, buzz baits, popping frogs, flukes, and spooks. Then mid-morning as the fish go deeper to 12-30 feet of water transition to 8-12 inch ribbon tail worms in plum apple, June bug, or June bug red. Carolina rigs for bass have been working with four or six inch worms in chartreuse/pepper and Tequila Sunrise. Black bass, yellow bass, and catfish are in the main lake biting vertical jigging spoons in 1/2 ounce or 3/4 ounce from War Eagle and Cotton Cordell in chrome or gold in deep water creek channels and ridges.Crappie bite is hit-or-miss. Summer is here with triple digit weather, so remember to wear light clothing, sunglasses, and sunscreen. When on the water it is important to stay hydrated so that you do not experience heat exhaustion or heat stroke. Remember to always keep your life jacket on while on the water, and to fasten the engine kill switch lanyard to your person when operating a motorized vessel on the water. Play it safe on the water, always inform your loved ones or a friend of your expected return time to port or home. Good luck and tight lines! Report from Captain Steve (Scooby) Stubbe, Mudfish Adventures LLC, Mudfish Rod Shop, Kayak Sales, Fishing Guide Service & Rod Repair.
Sabine Lake
GOOD. 81 degrees. ICW holding limits of speckled trout with some redfish mixed in 4-15 feet of water with a glo chartreuse 1/16 ounce jig head. 4-14 feet of water red shad deep pulling up off drop-offs. Texaco island and the Sabine Channel trout limits in 15-25 feet of water red shad �¼ ounce jig. North and South Levy nice redfish and trout on topwater early in the morning, then switching to 5 inch plastics, silver rattletraps, and crankbaits. Sabine Jetties have a good early morning topwater bite for redfish and trout flipping slowly into the rocks with a 5 inch glo chartreuse plastic as the sun rises. Neches river holding redfish on the flats, points and buoys with live shrimp under popping corks and 1/16 ounce plastics in morning glory chartreuse. Bull redfish are also in the river biting on gold and silver spoons 15-25 feet of water. Trout are good in 15-35 feet by the oil rigs using ⅜ ounce jigheads in LSU. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine
Lake.Bolivar
GOOD. 82 degrees. Small sharks are in the second gut of the surf. The jetty is holding trout up against the rocks early and late on popping cork and live shrimp, croaker or free-lining live bait. Report provided by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC.
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