Reel um N Guide Service
Owner
Lynn Atkinson
Water Temp.90
Normal pool 164.40
Water Clarity 2 feet
08-23-09
Sam Rayburn is close to 4 feet low at 160.52 ft and the water temperature has warmed up to 90 degrees. Water color has been off in some of the pockets, clearing more as you move south.
Sam Rayburn is still in good shape with the water level we have. One thing you need to remember, its been close to a year since Hurricane Ike came thru here with high winds that produced some pretty big waves. Some were over 9 feet in height and downed a lot of timber. These same waves also knocked a lot more off the shore and out of the mud. This timber is still moving around and as the water continues to drop you’ll find some new stickups in places that were clear before. Use some caution running the lake. Every time I’m out I see someone running thru the middle of the Amber Forest or the Black Forest. Don’t trust everything you see. Lots of anglers run thru them and get a way with it. It will only take one time smacking a stump to make you understand they were running on luck.
Big Sam is a lot different this year and it’s been a lot tougher to put a pattern together. There are a lot of small fish in the grass flats that will hit topwater baits early and late and there are some good fish with them. The pads and Pepper grass are still holding some fish. Here is something that may help when you’re out fishing this stuff. Stanley Jigs will have a new hook out shortly that will improve the hookups when fishing the Stanley Ribbits. This will be a double hook that will still be weedless and get the job done in thick cover. The hook will run thru the small part of the leg by the main body, then skinned back into the body to make it weedless. Just let a fish make a swipe at it and the fight will be on. It should be here around Oct. just in time for the fall fishing. After the topwater bite slows down we’ve been moving out to fish the grass edges from 4 to 12 ft. Pulling a senko or wacky worm off the edges and letting it sink has been working pretty good for us. The Stanley Spinner bait and a few crankbaits around the grass edges and creeks channels have also been turning a few fish. Be ready to get hung up and loose a few baits doing it. We’ve been picking a few fish up on Carolina and Texas rigs off some of the ledges and humps. These fish have been moving around a lot following the bait fish so look for them to move. Summer will be coming to a close and fall will be taking over before you know it. The fish will be fattening up on shad as they move into the pockets. This is the time of year that you can really get on some good fish so don’t wait to long to set your trip up for the fall fishing.
I’ll be giving away one fall fishing trip in the next few weeks so make sure you are signed up on the site.
Crappie; We got out Saturday with some good friends of mine and had a great time catching some nice Slabs. The bite was been very light and that makes it hard on a lot of folks to feel the fish. Some folks have a natural knack for crappie fishin and generally catch the majority of the fish. We ended up with 36 Crappie and a few nice Catfish that made some nice fillets. Everyone has loved the new pontoon with the shade and the changing room with the port-o-potty. It makes the trip a lot nicer for everyone. We can handle up to 8 anglers.
Big D Outdoors is the place to get your boat ready for tournaments or family fishin. Give them a call 409-769-3700.
God Bless
Lynn Atkinson
srayburn@rayburncountry.com
www.rayburncountry.com Home 936-897-3400
Cell 979-220-0251
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