Toledo Bend Lake Fishing Reports
Toledo Bend Lake Fishing Report from TPWD (Jan. 15)
GOOD. Water slightly stained; 53-56 degrees; 6.36’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and spinners in shallow water on creek structure and vegetative cover. Crappie are very good in brush piles on jigs and minnows in creeks. Striped bass are fair on rattle traps, and spoons on main lake points and humps. White bass are slow. Channel and blue catfish are fair on chicken livers and dough bait. Yellow catfish are slow.
Toledo Bend Lake Fishing Reports (1 - 20 of 201)
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
Matthew Loetscher, Toledo Bend fishing guide reports that bass catching is better than ever. Lately, with Toledo Bend experiencing a drawdown he has been able to take his clients on some high number...
by Tom Behrens on 10/3/2019
When fishing for catfish remember: “The worse it smells, the better.” When I lived in Oklahoma City, a friend and I would have it all set up to leave from work on Friday afternoons, heading to Ft...
by Tom Behrens on 9/27/2019
Since July 7, eight 10 pound largemouth bass have entered the Toledo Bend Lunker Bass Program. The happy anglers are listed below.
Branden Rannekieiv 08.17.19, 10.85 lbs., Reeves, LARodney Hebert 07.24.19,...
by Tom Behrens on 8/28/2019
For these four lucky anglers, the July 4th weekend had more than one thing to celebrate! The first 4 TBLA Lunker Bass for the 2019-2020 year came rolling in within 3 days of each other kicking off another fun...
by Tom Behrens on 8/5/2019
TPWD … Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is accepting applications for thousands of available permits for a wide range of hunts included in the popular drawn hunts segment of its public hunting...
by Tom Behrens on 7/15/2019
Fishing guide, John Dean has been fishing pepper grass and hay grass, catching largemouth bass this summer on Toledo Bend. Within the last three to four weeks he has been jerking 4-5 pound individual bass from...
by Tom Behrens on 7/8/2019
Sam Rayburn Reservoir, Jan. 10-13Rapala DT10, DT14 and DT16 crankbaits were all crucial in Terry Bolton’s first FLW Tour win. To target prespawn bass on the big Texas reservoir, Bolton opted for the...
by Tom Behrens on 7/6/2019
Crappie are being caught in deep brush piles in Toledo Bend Lake. From now to mid-July, Toledo Bend’s immense crappie population will move to both natural and man-made structures situated along the main...
by Tom Behrens on 7/5/2019
The Toledo Bend Lake Association (TBLA) awarded 42 lunker bass replicas to anglers at the Sealy Outdoors Big Bass Splash at Cypress Bend Park on Sunday, May 19th. Dinah Medine, coordinator of the TBLA Lunker...
by Tom Behrens on 6/3/2019
Toledo Bend Lake, along with most Texas’s lake are going to receive a lot of visitors this weekend and all next week going into Memorial Day weekend. Boat riding, swimming, water skiing, wake boarding...
by Tom Behrens on 5/23/2019
Largemouth bass are the number one sought after recreational fish by Texas freshwater anglers, but the catfish is a close second. Recent surveys conducted by TPWD fishery biologist and game wardens report that...
by Tom Behrens on 5/13/2019
Largemouth bass are the number one sought after recreational fish by Texas freshwater anglers, but the catfish is a close second. Recent surveys conducted by TPWD fishery biologist and game wardens report that...
by Tom Behrens on 5/13/2019
With more than 55 years of fishing under his belt, and a few close calls along the way, a double-digit bass has always eluded John Gillard. Fishing with partner, Randy Pennington in the Toledo Bend Oilman's...
by Tom Behrens on 5/7/2019
MANY, La. (April 15, 2019) – Boater Ken Smith of Dallas, Texas, caught five bass Saturday weighing 21 pounds, 12 ounces, to win the 2019 T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Cowboy division...
by Tom Behrens on 4/16/2019