Sam Rayburn

We are having somewhat of a bachelor party out there next weekend. Rented a house around mid-lake, north of the bayou recreation area. Most of the guys are not big fisherman and the few that are have only been on the lake a few times including myself.

Can anyone provide any general info on techniques that are working and general areas, we are just looking to catch some numbers and have a good time. Also is the lake high or low right now? Is it mostly safe to run on the main lake, idol the creeks?

Thanks in advance!

Almost 3.5 feet low. Not safe to run without knowing where you are and where you're going. For numbers, weightless fluke or senko shallow and drop shot anywhere else. If it's a really good bachelor party you will only be fishing from the bank for a couple hours 3-5pm anyway.

Just fish your strengths

Thanks 5X3Phoenix!

Easy for you to say Mr Hubbard! I haven’t been in my boat since I came by your lake house in July haha

Man 3.5 ft low. Bet there trees sticking up everywhere

Fished the Combs tournament there this weekend. I am not a guy that know the lake very well, and man was running it sketchy. TAKE IT EASY, you can easily get in trouble out there, especially around the black forest area. There are so many trees just barely out of the water that with a chop are almost impossible to see, not to mention the onese barely under the water.

As for the fishing, the easiest fish to find for me were the ones way up the rivers super shallow. I fished a frog almost all day and cut a check. If you can find cypress trees with 2 foot of water, fish them. Fish funnels/drains in the grass as well. I'm sure with this weather that is coming in even more of the fish will start to push shallow. Don't be afraid of muddy water, most of my fish came out of 6" of visibility. I am no local out there and don't know everything, but that's what worked for me and I had a blast. Be careful and have fun!

What won KCO?

Any of you guys running the Rayburn BoatLanes Chip? Curious if it is still trustworthy at -3.5? I've run all over that lake following it but never at this level. Plan on heading to Rayburn in a few weeks.

Yes, the lanes are still good. The only area to be careful is above Shirley Creek. There are 4 stumps in the lane. It's a good time to mark them though. Of course, there are now stumps showing in open areas where you've never seen them before. For example, there's one straight out from the new Cassels Boykin ramp about 200 yards.

Thanks for the info!

28.20 won, 27.93 second, 25 something 3rd, and 21 something 4th. Only 4 bags over 20 lbs, which honestly was surprising to me.

We caught a ton of fish (in KCO) just couldn't get the the "big bite" we went to the scales with 13 pounds and when we weighted it Kieth looked at me and said "you may want to hang around", I thought no way, we didnt end up cutting a check but got close. We fished shallow around hay grass with flukes,senkos, and spinnerbaits. I also saw 59 teams didnt weight a fish!

Don't know if there was a conservation bonus or not, but if you have 10-12# or less on Rayburn and are not fishing for points on a trail, it just makes sense to dump em. I'm sure that was a lot of the 0s.

This may be a dumb question but is there a specific area that has flooded cypress trees or can they be found in any creek on the lake?

Not a lot at this lake level. Mostly up the rivers. More north, more Cypress trees

I would not bother with the cypress trees. Gonna be more of a chore getting to them without knowing the lake well. Your gonna spend allot of time idling around