White bass are in the river and feeder creeks




Reports are coming in that the first waves of white bass are beginning to move up the Sabine River from Toledo Bend Lake on their annual spawning run.

White bass are cold-tolerant fish that spawn when water temperature is between 50-55 degrees. You can catch one fish right after another when you locate a school of them.

Almost any small shad imitation lure will draw strikes, but 1/8 or 1/4 ounce Road Runner jigs and 1/4 ounce Rat-L-Traps are the preferred lures.

Locating schools in the river is dependent on river height and clarity. If the river is low and clarity decent, the fish will hold in the main channel; if the river is up and muddy, the white bass tend to move into feeder creeks where water clarity is often better.

Action should continue through mid-March.

 




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Toledo Bend Lake Weather Forecast

Tuesday

Mostly Cloudy

Hi: 80

Tuesday Night

Mostly Cloudy

Lo: 69

Wednesday

Chance Thunderstorms

Hi: 86

Wednesday Night

Slight Chance Thunderstorms

Lo: 73

Thursday

Chance Thunderstorms

Hi: 86

Thursday Night

Slight Chance Thunderstorms

Lo: 73

Friday

Chance Thunderstorms

Hi: 84

Friday Night

Rain Showers Likely

Lo: 73


Toledo Bend Lake Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 4/2: 170.68 (-1.32)



Toledo Bend Lake

Fishing Report from TPWD (Mar. 26)

SLOW. Water stained; 63 degrees; 1.78 feet below pool. Bass are good with many fish in 1-8 feet of water on lizards, brush hogs, Texas rigs, Carolina rigs, senkos and wacky worms. Bass are good with frogs in the flooded bushes. Crappie bite is improving daily in 3-6 feet on jigs. Report by Stephen Johnston, Johnston Fishing.

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