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Welcome to Toledo Bend Guide Service & Lake Cottage
08/31/2004
Toledo Bend - TX,Huxley
Toledo Bend Fishing Report
The lake level is 169.27 msl and slowly falling (high pool is 172 msl). The north end of the lake is stained to clear. Water temp is in the upper 80s to lower 90s. Both generators are running 8 hrs.
The fishing pattern continues to be pretty much the same as it has been for most the summer. Better results at night and early morning. The bigger fish are coming out of deep water on Texas or Carolina rigs and crank baits.
Early morning and late evening we’re working shallow grass flats, flooded brush, lily pads and pepper grass close to deep water with top water plugs, stick baits, scum frogs, buzz baits, spinner baits, shallow diving and lipless crank baits and finesse plastics (Senkos, Flukes, and Trick worms). When the sun gets overhead or the bite slows down, back out to deeper water along creek channel drops, river ledges, timberlines, main lake ridges and humps, secondary and main lake points with mid to deep diving crank baits, slab spoons, tail spinners and Texas or Carolina rigged soft plastics. Watch for schooling bass and keep a lipless crank bait, shallow diving crank bait and top water plug handy. If you are lucky enough to find some deep -water grass (hydrilla) pitch jigs or throw Carolina rigged plastics in the grass.
The White Bass have been scattered. Some schooling activity being reported off the boat lanes in the late afternoon when the lake is slick. Keep a trap, shallow diving crank bait or top water plug handy when they are schooling and a slab spoon or tail spinner when they go down.
Crappie are holding in 15 to 25 ft. over brush tops. Better catches coming in at night. Live shiners or jigs tipped with a shiner working best.
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