White Bass Run Up the Rivers and Tributaries is Beginning




The annual migration of the white bass, or also known as sand bass on Toledo Bend is beginning.

White bass from area lakes begin their annual journey up the rivers and tribuataries of Toledo Bend for spawning activities.

Mostly smaller males lead the way. Typically by early February the males will begin to gather up in larger schools. River bends and deeper holes with less current will usually hold these larger schools of males. Once the larger females start to show up the catch rates skyrocket.

A limit of 25 fish can be caught in a matter of minutes once the fish are enmass in the rivers or streams. By the end of April the activity will wind down and the remaining fish will head back downstream.

The recent high lake levels might make it a little more difficult harder to find the white bass. Any confluence of two tributaries will be a great spot to start. The migrating fish need running water to spawn.

Check on the downstream side of sandbars or the any deeper holes or eddies that schools can stage up in while waiting for others.

For best bait choices include Roadrunners by Blakemore, or any small inline spinner bait are good choices. Beetle spins, small crankbaits and crappie jigs will all work well. White bass won’t turn down minnows, small crawfish and night crawlers.
Color choice is based on water clarity. White or Chartreuse if the water is clear to stained and darker colors if the water color is stained to muddy.

 




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Toledo Bend Lake Weather Forecast

Saturday

Rain Showers

Hi: 75

Saturday Night

Rain Showers Likely

Lo: 39

Sunday

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 51

Sunday Night

Mostly Clear

Lo: 33

Presidents Day

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 57

Monday Night

Mostly Cloudy

Lo: 44

Tuesday

Rain Showers

Hi: 59

Tuesday Night

Chance Rain Showers

Lo: 33


Toledo Bend Lake Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 2/15: 170.86 (-1.14)



Toledo Bend Lake

Fishing Report from TPWD (Feb. 12)

SLOW. Water stained; 57 degrees; 2.51 feet below pool. Big rains in the forecast leading into the weekend so the creeks will be running again. Before the rain bass were good shallow with fish up to 6-7 pounds caught on spinnerbaits, chatterbaits and squarebill crankbaits. Good numbers of big fish are in 8-14 feet of water, waiting for the next full moon and water temperature to increase. These fish are biting crankbaits in 8-12 feet of water with divers and Carolina rigged lizards. Deep fish are still good, but will be moving up in the next week or so. Big crankbaits, Texas rigs and dropshots are best in 18-25 feet of water. Crappie bite was good in the creeks with live bait in 5-10 feet of water, but expect the rain to slow the bite down. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.

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