Fishing Report for Lake Sam Rayburn: Bass Biting Deep, Bluegill & Crappie Good, Solunar Activity High

Artificial Lure here with your Lake Sam Rayburn fishing report for Wednesday, August 6, 2025. Out on the Big Sam today, it’s classic East Texas summer: air heavy and water stained, with the lake running 86 degrees and just over three and a half feet low. If you’re planning your trip, sunrise was right at 6:42 AM and sunset settles out about 8:08 PM, giving you a long window to chase your limit.

Storms are stacking up west of us and local anglers know an approaching front can really turn the bite on—this afternoon, humidity’s thick and winds are clocking in light from the southeast, stirring just enough chop across the flats. This is the kind of pressure swing that’ll get the fish moving.

Bass are still the main ticket, and the activity has been nothing short of impressive. According to Lone Star Outdoor News, largemouth have been fair on soft plastics these past few days, but today’s talk around the ramp is hot action deep. Earlier, a tournament boat brought in a sack tipping 36-pounds 2-ounces, anchored by a hefty 10.6-pound kicker. That sort of weight only comes when the big girls move up, and with this mid-summer pattern setting in, look at brush piles or ledges in 15–25 feet, especially near the mouth of Farmers Flats and the south end of Needmore Point.

Best baits today: big Texas rigged worms in junebug or plum, mid-depth crankbaits—try an old-school citrus shad pattern—and Carolina rigs with creature baits. With the water a bit stained, go for something with a little thump or a dark silhouette. Early and late, a black buzzbait or hollow-body frog has turned some quality keepers up in flooded grass edges and submerged timber.

Bluegill are good and stacked up on shallow structure—bring some night crawlers and you’ll have no trouble filling a bucket for a fish fry or for bait. The crappie haven’t fully settled off their summer pattern but remain fair on minnows around deeper brush; from Boatman’s Hump to Five Fingers, find brush in 18–22 feet and drop a small jig or live minnow. Catfishermen trolling the old river channel edges with cut shad or punch bait are catching some good blues and channel cats, especially at night.

The solunar fish activity chart rates today as above average, with major feeding windows right around 2–4 PM and again in the late night between 10–midnight. If you can swing an afternoon trip, that might be your best shot at a personal best or a limit of eaters.

A couple hot spots for your notes: the deeper grass lines out from Harvey Creek and the timber and creek channels at Veach Basin. Also, don’t overlook the cove mouth at Buck Bay—big schools of bait have moved in, drawing bass and crappie with them.

As a reminder: the lake is still a few feet low, so go slow in unfamiliar areas to avoid stumps and shallow flats.

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