Lake Sam Rayburn Fishing Reports
Lake Sam Rayburn Fishing Report from TPWD (Dec. 4)
GOOD. Water stained; 61 degrees; 2.50 ’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Alabama rigs in shallower water and remain active throughout most of the day. Topwater has helped early and late, especially up the northern forks. White bass continue to be fair on minnows. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs among the same bass habitats. Catfish are good on live and stinkbait.
Lake Sam Rayburn Fishing Reports (1 - 20 of 376)
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
Braxton Resweber, the St. Martinville Louisiana bass angler and his UL Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns Bass Fishing Team partner, T.J. Norris of New Iberia, had a solid five-bass limit in the livewell, weighing...
by Tom Behrens on 11/25/2019
The team of Tommy Hill and Bubba Frazier captured Team of the Year for Outlaw Outdoors Fishing Tournaments. The second place team of Will West, Jr and Dean Ady, Jr was on their heels as was the third place...
by Tom Behrens on 11/25/2019
Seventy-two teams enjoyed the awesome weather on Sam Rayburn while not only taking part in The Outlaw Outdoors November Open Tournament, but also helped make Christmas better for a lot of kids in Jasper...
by Tom Behrens on 11/20/2019
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
High School youth from all over East Texas teamed up to fish in the Deep East Texas Qualifier 1 on Lake Sam Rayburn, Oct. 12, 2019. Jace Lindsay and Jaxon Evans, students at Beckville High School, took first...
by Tom Behrens on 10/15/2019
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
Mother Nature gave the anglers an almost perfect day for the Outlaw Outdoors Average Joe Tournament. Seenty-nine teams decided to forego the opening weekend of bow season and opt to fish the Average Joe...
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
BROOKELAND, Texas (Sept. 23, 2019) – Boater Glen Freeman of Zwolle, Louisiana, brought a two-day total of 10 bass to the scale weighing 43 pounds, 13 ounces, to win the two-day T-H Marine FLW Bass...
by Tom Behrens on 9/24/2019
There is something about the V&M Baits Tournament that brings out the best in Roy Carroway and Dewayne Reese. In the 2018 V&M Tournament, this duo weighed in 25.48 pounds to handily win the event by...
by Tom Behrens on 9/16/2019
According to some, Rayburn has been fishing tough and being stingy. Howard Guilott and Brad Hensley did not get the memo. Their THREE fish limit weighed 22.68 pounds leaving them over 6 pounds heavier than the...
by Tom Behrens on 9/5/2019
Bass Champs Tournament results, 7/13/19
1. RUSTY CLARK, SAM RAYBURN , TX CORY RAMBO, ORANGE , TX 17.46
2 BOBBY VICE, GROVES , TX RICKY GUY, HUMBLE , TX 17.08
3 PHILLIP CRELIA , CENTER ,...
by Tom Behrens on 7/15/2019
The Annual 4th Of July Tournament presented by Daiwa saw 138 teams take advantage of the National Holiday and try their hand at winning a share of the $18,000 payout on Sam Rayburn. When the dust settled, the...
by Tom Behrens on 7/8/2019
Sam Rayburn ReservoirRapala 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 demon and...
by Tom Behrens on 7/6/2019
Bassmaster Magazine is ranking Lake Sam Rayburn as the third best fishing lake in its latest rankings. The rankings are based on the amount of fish and their weight.
Professional Angler Keith Combs said the...
by Tom Behrens on 7/6/2019
Jason Bonds and James Nitschke won over $50,000 at the Techron TX Shootout on Sam Rayburn, on June 23. Total fish caught in the tournament by all anglers was 409 bass with total weight of 1,307 lbs....
by Tom Behrens on 7/3/2019
BROOKELAND, Texas – Pro Kris Wilson of Montgomery, Texas, caught a five-bass limit Saturday weighing 24 pounds, 1 ounce, to lead the event from start to finish and win the three-day Costa FLW Series on...
by Tom Behrens on 6/20/2019
Father's Day is a special day to any dad, but when you can spend it on the water with your son and win $3,500, it is even sweeter! That is exactly what happened to Jason and Ty Moorhead this past weekend in...
by Tom Behrens on 6/19/2019
Terry Sympson of Jackson Hill Marina has always been a big surrporter of providing fishing opportunities for our veterans. Receently Outdoor Freedom, which he is part of, welcomed Richard Thompson and family...
by Tom Behrens on 6/19/2019