Toledo Bend Lake Fishing Reports
Toledo Bend Lake Fishing Report from TPWD (Apr. 1)
FAIR. Water slightly stained; 65-66 degrees; 0.03’ low. Largemouth bass are good with crankbaits, spinners, and jigs shallow and with cover. There are so many habitats to fish largemouth. Make sure to find extended cover spots. Striped bass are fair. White bass remain slow. Crappie are fair on minnows in structure. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait.
Toledo Bend Lake Fishing Reports (1 - 20 of 215)
For the first time since 2006, the Stephen F. Austin State University Bass Fishing Club has won the Abu Garcia College Fishing National Championship. The competition was held Feb. 26 through 28 on the Harris...
by Tom Behrens on 3/24/2020
Hemphill angler, Marshall Hughes, caught his limit of five fish weighing 26.86 lbs in the Media Bass March 7 Tournament. He returned to Hemphill $750 richer.
Top Five Finishes:
1. Marshall Hughes, five fish,...
by Tom Behrens on 3/12/2020
AUSTIN – If any superstitious anglers are wondering whether the Leap Day weekend is lucky or unlucky for catching the fish of a lifetime, two Texas bass anglers just made the answer very clear.
Angler...
by Tom Behrens on 3/9/2020
Boater George Jeane Jr. of Evans, Louisiana, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 24 pounds, 2 ounces to win the 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine event at Toledo...
by Tom Behrens on 3/3/2020
Conversations recently heard from bass anglers…to trailer or not. Not as a boat trailer, but whether to add a something special behind a spinnerbait, jig or swim bait.
“I use a trailer about 95...
by Tom Behrens on 2/28/2020
Eighty-six teams took home cash at the Feb. 15 Skeeter Bass Champs Tournament on Toledo Bend Lake.
Top 10 teams:
1. Wesley Dawson, Chester, TX - Teddy Cloide, Vidor, TX, 5 fish, 25.61 lbs
2. Richard...
by Tom Behrens on 2/18/2020
The annual white bass spawning run has either began or is about to begin on rivers or creeks that feed into popular Texas lakes. With a warm winter like we have had this year, it is possible some fish have...
by Tom Behrens on 2/17/2020
Check out this 14.36 pound lunker, caught by Blake Cockrell at Lake Alan Henry this past weekend. This is the first Legacy Class ShareLunker of 2020.
If you catch a 13+ pound bass and loan it to Texas Parks...
by Tom Behrens on 2/13/2020
Robert Kessler of Spring, Texas, won the Co-angler Division Saturday with a three-day total of 13 bass weighing 36 pounds, 13 ounces.
The Spring, Texas co-angler put a Neko rig in his hand on day one and...
by Tom Behrens on 2/2/2020
Cody Huff of Ava, Missouri, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday totaling 17 pounds, 15 ounces to win the three-day Toyota Series at Toledo Bend Reservoir. Huff’s three-day total of 15 bass...
by Tom Behrens on 2/2/2020
MANY, La. — Maverick Winford and Ian Ratliff have been on a hot streak, and it continued Sunday on Toledo Bend Reservoir in the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series presented by Academy Sports...
by Tom Behrens on 1/27/2020
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MANY, La. — Cody Huff and Dakota Pierce finished what they started and clinched a wire-to-wire victory on Saturday in the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series at Toledo Bend...
by Tom Behrens on 1/27/2020
Toledo Bend Lunker Bass …¬¬¬
Catch a largemouth bass, 10 lbs. or bigger out of Teledo Bend Lake and enter it in the Toledo Bend Lunker Bass Program. The TBLBP should not be confused with...
by Tom Behrens on 1/21/2020
January 11 - Toledo Bend - PhotosPlace Angler Hometown # Bass Pounds Winnings1 Michael Trpkosh Richardson, TX 5 12.65 $444.002 Randy Cassell Shelbyville, TX 5 11.67 $200.003 Kyle Blanchard* Youngsville, LA 5...
by Tom Behrens on 1/17/2020
Water level is expected to be below full pool for the upcoming FLW Tournament, Jan. 30-Feb. 1. The water level is currently at 165.58 feet above sea level; full pool is 172 feet.
Curtis Niedermier, FLW,...
by Tom Behrens on 1/14/2020
When crappie get a little finicky, give them a little something extra to keep the bite going.
Berkley Crappie Nibbles:
One of the more popular crappie teaser are the Berkley Crappie Nibbles, in chartreuse,...
by Tom Behrens on 1/7/2020
Deep or shallow for bass at this time of the year? Winter normally means dropping water temperatures, but Texas being Texas, if we have 3-4 days of the daily warming, the bass will get more active...
by Tom Behrens on 12/31/2019
Crappie are being taken on traditional crappie baits … jigs and minnows. On the deeper impoundments the fish have been found suspended in 30 feet of water, about 14-16 feet from the surface. You can...
by Tom Behrens on 11/27/2019
As the winter approaches, the crappie should start moving upriver and stream channels in Texas’ large water impoundments, locating on underwater brush or other structure. Some will prefer bridge pilings....
by Tom Behrens on 11/6/2019
It looks like it’s getting that time of the year when jigs, worms (big) are the choice of bass. The lures that caught winning fish at FLW Tournament on Grand Lake in Oklahoma were mostly an assortment of...
by Tom Behrens on 10/8/2019