Toledo Bend Reservoir
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Toledo Bend Reservoir Fishing Reports
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
59°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
59°
Ripping traps through the hydrilla got reaction bites. When it gets cold on Toledo if you are not throwing a trap you are fishing for second place. One key is using regular line to allow the stretch and also mustad triple grip hooks along with a limber Rod. These help you to not lose as many fish on the traps.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Carolina Rigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
60°
Fish was moved in the back of bayou lanana fished the carolina ring on points slow the water level was falling followed by a cold front that pushed fish back.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 13'+
Structure
Stumps
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
55°
Bass was in pre spawn big bass on road beds around stumps.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Carolina Rigs
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
58°
Fishing this on a road bed around a combination of structures we caught the on the road bed around creek swings steep drop-offs and ledges flooded brush and stumps. caught a few bass pre fishing for the tournament on points as well.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Stumps
Water Temperature
60°
The bass where trying to move up was in the backs of creeks. We found them on big spider stumps in 6/8 ft of water.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Shad
I went out to the lake with my tournament partner on 01/14/22 to practice for a tournament originally scheduled for the next day but eventually postponed due to the wind forecast. It was our first time ever on the lake, so we were just trying to cover water and test a multitude of patterns until we found one to run with. The outside temperature that day was in the 40's in the morning and got up to 71 degrees later in the day, with water temps across the mid lake area ranging from 56 to 60 degrees. The water was moderately stained with about a foot to a foot and a half of visibility, and there was a light northwest wind with bright sunny skies. Early in the morning when the outside air temperature was colder, the bite was slower as we only caught 2 fish in the first 3 hours fishing a bank with some cypress trees with a chatterbait and a bridge point with a 2.5 squarebill. Later in the day, we moved out of the creeks and focused on main lake bridge pilings with a jig and jerkbait with some success, and then eventually we landed on a rockpile in 7-12 feet of water where we were able to catch a respectable bag working a jig. This rock pile was right outside of a spawning cove and I believe the fish we were catching were prespawn fish staging to eventually go up and spawn when the water warms up a bit more. I have attached a photo of the biggest fish we caught that day, a 6 pounder my buddy caught off the rock pile on a jig. It seemed like the lake was fishing relatively well despite being down 3.5 feet. As long as you can see bait on your graph while idling around it seemed like there were bass close by. We caught fish and saw bait on the graph near the main lake as well as in the backs of creeks, so the fish are really spread out right now, at least in the section of the lake we were fishing. Thank you all for reading my report and go catch some tanks!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Carolina Rigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
57°
Bass fishing on a road bed we caught 20 bass most fish was on points.but the fish we weighed came on the road bed.
