Toledo Bend Lake Fishing Reports
Toledo Bend Lake Fishing Report from TPWD (Jun. 20)
Water stained; 81–85 degrees; 2.44’ low. Black bass are good on soft plastic worms and crankbaits. Striped bass are fair on bucktail jigs. White bass are good on Li’l Fishies and slabs in the river. Crappie are good on minnows and tube jigs over baited holes. Bream are good on crickets and nightcrawlers. Channel and blue catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live bait. Yellow catfish are slow.
Toledo Bend Lake Fishing Reports (1 - 20 of 163)
You don’t need someone to tell you it’s hot out there, especially sitting in a boat with no shade. The following are some tips to help keep you and your fish alive during a fishing tournament,...
by Tom Behrens on 6/11/2018
The Toledo Bend Lake Association (TBLA) awarded 45 lunker bass replicas to anglers at the Sealy Outdoors Big Bass Splash at Cypress Bend Park on Sunday, May 20th. Dinah Medine, coordinator of the TBLA Lunker...
by Tom Behrens on 6/4/2018
The Toledo Bend Lake Association (TBLA) has purchased 50,000 Florida bass fingerlings that will be released on June 6th. The TBLA Fingerling Release is scheduled for Wednesday June 6th from 8 am-12 pm at...
by Tom Behrens on 6/4/2018
Glen Hamilton and John Long took first place honors in the World’s Oldest Open Bass Fishing Tournament held on Toledo Bend Reservoir. The Tournament was held April 28-29.
This bass tournament is...
by Tom Behrens on 5/21/2018
The winning club finished the two-day competition with an 18-bass sack weighing 59.90 pounds to earn themselves a $4,000 paycheck.
Bussey Reservoir finished second with an 18-fish sack weighing 57.65 pounds...
by Tom Behrens on 5/18/2018
Clark & Rambo win AOY for the 3rd time
1 JAMES CAMPISE ORANGE , TX OSCAR LANGELE JR ORANGE , TX 5 8.67 24.20 $20000.00 + Lowrance Bonus
2 LOGAN SHERRER KARNACK , TX RYAN LAVIGNE GONZALES , LA 5 8.43...
by Tom Behrens on 5/16/2018
Over $50,000 in cash and prizes was given away at the 2018 Despino's Tire Bass Tournament held on April 14th at San Miguel Park. Clay and Brett Blaisdel were the big winners, bringing in a whopping 24.03 lbs...
by Tom Behrens on 5/8/2018
ZWOLLE, La. (April 23, 2018) – Boater Glen Freeman of Zwolle, caught a five-bass limit weighing 24 pounds, 12 ounces, Saturday to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Cowboy Division event on...
by Tom Behrens on 4/24/2018
Toledo Bend Lake Association (TBLA) will once again be awarding replicas to anglers at the "Big Bass Splash" at Cypress Bend Park on May 20, 2018.
As of March 29, 2018, 33 lunkers have been registered in the...
by Tom Behrens on 4/3/2018
Bob Blumstein of Illinois closed the Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Central Regional presented by Magellan Outdoors with a 5-bass limit that weighed 16-7 lbs, giving him a 3 day total of 59-2 lbs,...
by Tom Behrens on 4/3/2018
The Bayou State squad, which is composed of 10 boaters and 10 nonboaters, caught 135 bass over two days for a cumulative weight of 379 pounds, 2 ounces. Second place Team Arkansas finished second overall with...
by Tom Behrens on 3/13/2018
Patty Lenderman reports that Benjamin and Dustin Rivers came out on top at the Bass Champs Tournament on a foggy Toledo Bend. The duo took home $20,000, plus other money from sponsor incentives.
As morning...
by Tom Behrens on 2/19/2018
Through the third week of February, Texas anglers have entered almost 50 largemouth bass weighing between 8 and almost 13 pounds in the state's expanded ShareLunker program. Those fish have come from 24 bodies...
by Tom Behrens on 2/19/2018
The Toledo Bend Lake Association's Lunker Bass Program just received its 14th lunker entered into the program for the May 2017 - May 2018 year! Pictured is Hunter DeSplinter of Athinson, IL with his 10.00...
by Tom Behrens on 2/5/2018
Harold Allen (left) and Matt Loetscher (right) brought in 28.74 pounds to win the Texas Team Trail Tournament on January 13th on Toledo Bend. The winning duo won a brand-new Triton 189TRX with a 150-horsepower...
by Tom Behrens on 2/5/2018
MANY, La. — The week has been full of twists and turns for Hunter DeSplinter and Conner Choate of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville at the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Central Tour presented...
by Tom Behrens on 1/30/2018
MANY, La. — Scott Springer and Trust Say, a pair of 17-year olds from the Chicago area, used a noontime flurry of big bass bites to power past the 241 other teams competing on Toledo Bend Reservoir on...
by Tom Behrens on 1/30/2018
TPWD reports that Lunker Bass are starting to show up at the weighing scales.
Congrats to Jerrod Miller of Springtown for entering the first Elite Class bass in the new Toyota ShareLunker program. This...
by Tom Behrens on 1/10/2018
AUSTIN – For more than 30 years, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Toyota ShareLunker Program has partnered with anglers to enhance bass fishing in Texas. This year, the program is...
by Tom Behrens on 12/19/2017
AUSTIN – After nearly a year of reviewing special largemouth bass regulations in place across the state, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department inland fisheries management staff are considering changes to...
by Tom Behrens on 11/29/2017