Lake Sam Rayburn Ranked Number Three




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 recent high lake levels have caused the bass to move into the new areas with more food options. As a result this makes it hard for anglers to fish.

“When Rayburn comes up, when it comes up above full pool, like it has spent the entire spring and earlier part of the summer, as high as nine feet high, what happens is that water moves into thick stands of timber, grass, the bank line,” Combs said.

“The lake flooded all the way up into the pine trees which make the fish very hard to access,” Combs said. “They’re still there, they’re growing bigger and bigger and the population is getting better but with the high lake level like that, it just makes it a little bit more difficult to fish,” Combs said.

In the last eight years, the Lone Star State bass fishery has never ranked below 26.

Photo courtesy TPWD

 




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Lake Sam Rayburn Weather Forecast

Tuesday

Mostly Cloudy

Hi: 86

Tuesday Night

Mostly Cloudy

Lo: 73

Wednesday

Mostly Cloudy

Hi: 90

Wednesday Night

Partly Cloudy

Lo: 73

Thursday

Chance Thunderstorms

Hi: 89

Thursday Night

Mostly Cloudy

Lo: 65

Friday

Partly Sunny

Hi: 79

Friday Night

Mostly Cloudy

Lo: 61


Lake Sam Rayburn Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 5/7: 164.35 (-0.05)



Lake Sam Rayburn

Fishing Report from TPWD (May 1)

GOOD. Water stained; 72 degrees; 3.29 feet below pool. Bass are in 8 feet or less with some in the lily pads on topwater frogs, or with Carolina rigs and jigs on harder bottoms and structures off points and humps. Crappie are transitioning to brush piles using minnows and jigs. Catfish are in deeper water flats and creek channels on cut bait. White bass are transitioning to points and down the river with some schooling activity hitting jigging spoons and crankbaits. Fishing patterns are still behind what is typical for this time of year. Navigate with caution to avoid sandbars and stumps. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service. Shad spawn is in full swing. Bass are good keying on hard clay points, grass edges and flooded timber with swim jigs, chatterbaits, topwater spooks or pop-r’s. Offshore bite is 10-20 feet on hard spots and flats, points and creek channel swings using crankbaits, Carolina rigs, shaky heads and dropshots. Crappie have finished spawning in 12-20 feet of water on brush piles and standing timber. Report by Captain Hank Harrison, Double H Precision Fishing.

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