Toledo Bend Lake Fishing Reports
Toledo Bend Lake Fishing Report from TPWD (Nov. 7)
FAIR TO GOOD. Water lightly stained; 72–74 degrees; 7.04’ low. Bass has been good in both shallow and deep water on the South end. Largemouth bass are good on drop shot or football jig. They remain fair on spinners, plastic worms. Striped bass are good on topwater, rattle traps, and spoons. White bass are fair on spoons and small crankbaits. Channel and blue catfish are good on live bait and stinkbait. Crappie are good around on jigs around wood structures.
Toledo Bend Lake Fishing Reports (1 - 20 of 197)
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
The top 10 finishing teams follow..
1 Darvin Knapp Stanley Head 43.27 lbs.2 Jeffrey Davis Thomas Richard 38.66 lbs. 3 128 David Matheny Lawrence Thevenot 38.58 lbs.4 Clay Dardeau Sean Meche 37.21 lbs.5 Don...
by Tom Behrens on 4/2/2019
Darold Gleason won the BASSMASTER CENTRAL TOURNAMENT held out Cypress Bend Resort on Toledo Bend Lake, Feb. 20-22, 2019.
More than 200 boats took off from Cypress Bend Park on a rainy Wednesday morning.
1...
by Tom Behrens on 2/25/2019
Three-hundred-nineteen teams fished the Bass Champs tournament on Toldedo Bend, Feb. 16. Total Payback (Cash & Prizes): $95,050Total bass caught was 490; total weight: 1554.75 and average Weight:...
by Tom Behrens on 2/18/2019
It’s that time of the year again when your chances of catching that trophy largemouth bass is better than any other time. Even though we are still having some cold days coming our way, the warmups in...
by Tom Behrens on 2/11/2019