Lake Sam Rayburn Fishing Reports
Lake Sam Rayburn Fishing Report from TPWD (Nov. 7)
FAIR TO GOOD. Water stained; 65–66 degrees; 2.40’ low. Largemouth bass are heating up on white spinnerbait and Carolina rigged soft plastic worms. Trust the topwater and try several different techniques. White bass continue to be fair on minnows. Crappie have been good on minnows and jigs. Catfish have been in the creeks at night and are good on live bait.
Lake Sam Rayburn Fishing Reports (1 - 20 of 372)
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
BROOKELAND, Texas (June 10, 2019) – Boater Rylon Ganey of Pineville, Louisiana, won Saturday’s T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Cowboy Division tournament on Sam Rayburn Reservoir with five...
by Tom Behrens on 6/13/2019
BROOKELAND, Texas – Top bass anglers from around the region are set to compete on Sam Rayburn Reservoir June 13-15 at the Costa Fishing League Worldwide (FLW) Series Southwestern Division tournament on...
by Tom Behrens on 6/6/2019
The 4th Annual Outlaw Outdoors Memorial Day Tournament presented by Dylan Williams Allstate Insurance is in the books with a team of two local brothers, Keith and Chuck Cole, taking the victory with a solid...
by Tom Behrens on 6/3/2019
Texas Game Wardens have filed multiple criminal charges on three licensed fishing guides and 12 out-of-state anglers for over-limit and undersized Crappie on Sam Rayburn Lake. The group was 208 fish over the...
by Tom Behrens on 5/8/2019