Sam Rayburn Reservoir

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Nov 22, 2025

Species

Largemouth Bass

Season

Winter (Current)

131 Fishing Reports

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Drop Shot
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Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)
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Carolina Rigs
2
Hard Topwater (Prop)
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Lipless Crankbaits
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Total Fishing Reports

131

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Largemouth Bass25 Reports
Catfish2 Reports
Crappie1 Report

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Fishing Reports

131 Reports on Sam Rayburn Reservoir

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D-I-A
Silver Ambassador
12/12/22
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Winter
- Technique
  Blade Baits
- Structure
  Points
- Forage
  Shad
- Water Temperature
  64°
I started my morning in the back of a creek fishing off colored water throwing a Rapala Balsa Xtreme BX Big Brat Squarebill in Delta grinding it around secondary points and caught a few but there was a ton of debris in the water from the recent rains that I went looking for cleaner water and less debris. I ran to a couple different places out on the main lake and I just wasn’t seeing what I was looking for, the water looked great out on farmers flats, five finger, and need more point but there wasn’t much prey out on the brush and lay downs out there, so I kept moving. I ended up fishing the creeks around mill creek park. The water had a little color to it, but there was shad and crappie around the piles and lay downs. I decided to fish the Rapala rap-v because the fish were chasing today and constantly on the move. I would see the shad come flicker on the surface and I would cast just past them and let my bait fall a couple feet then start cranking and rip the bait up and let it fall and then start cranking again. I’d only rip the bait every 5 cranks of the reel handle. The bites would come on the fall. If you plan on fishing Rayburn from January 1st - April 31st register for the bass cash bash. I caught one of the bass that was released for the 2023 tournament and I wasn’t registered and I would have released a $1,000 fish just because I wasn’t registered. Luckily the tournament hasn’t started yet, or I would have regretted it. The photo attached is the bass with the tag.
Arron Slaten
Bronze Ambassador
12/13/24
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Winter
- Technique
  Carolina Rigs
- Structure
  Points
Dragging a Carolina Rig around the ends of points. No major size in the fish, but you can catch a lot of them.
Lee
Gold Ambassador
12/14/24
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Winter
- Technique
  Texas Rigs (Worming)
- Structure
  Stumps
- Forage
  Shad
- Water Temperature
  58°
Finished 9th of 51 in a tournament. All my fish came on a dead sticked weightless Senko in black/blue flake. The Seaguar InvizX was a key as I had a couple of fish wrap me around stumps and the line never let me down. If you are fishing fluor, and not using InvizX you are going to have some brokeoff fish. This stuff is the best I have ever used. Another key was the Shimano DC. Throwing weightless in the wind would have eaten me up in the past, but that DC allows you to throw directly into the wind and never backlash. Best reel ever!