Sam Rayburn Fishing Report: Hot Lures, Hungry Bass, and Schooling Whites for August 9, 2025

Artificial Lure here with your Lake Sam Rayburn fishing report for Saturday, August 9, 2025. We’re just coming off a busy week, and the lake’s holding steady at about 86 degrees, water a bit stained, and sitting roughly 3.66 feet below pool according to Captain Lynn Atkinson with Reel Um N Guide Service. A steady bit of freshwater’s been flowing in, so you may notice slightly shifting conditions, but generally, mid-summer patterns are firmly in place.

Today’s weather will be real typical for Sam Rayburn this time of year: mostly sunny and hot, with highs in the mid- to upper 90s and lows tonight dipping into the mid-70s. There’s no rain in the forecast and winds should be light, so it’ll be a true August grind. Sunrise hit just before 6:40 a.m. with sunset due around 8:11 p.m. Anglers working daybreak and first light will get their best chance before heat slows the bite.

Bass are the big story—Zack Fogle just weighed in a 13.11-pound lunker, so those big ones are still snapping! Most bass are post-spawn and holding deep on typical summer haunts. Look for them along deeper points, channel swings, and humps. The best bite’s coming early and late when there’s a little shade or chop. Deep-diving crankbaits in blue back or shad patterns (think Strike King XD 6 or Norman DD 22), big Texas-rigged worms, and football jigs along those channel edges are all putting fish in the boat. At night, try bridge lights with dark plastics—those fish will move up shallow when it cools off, especially around creek mouths.

White bass are schooling up at dawn and dusk, busting shad just off deeper points in 10 to 20 feet, but push out to humps in 24 to 30 feet as the sun rises. Ducktracker slabs and shad imitations are the ticket if you want some fast action. Crappie are a little spotty, holding tight to brush piles in 18 to 25 feet, but patient folks are pulling limits using live minnows or jigs in electric chicken and chartreuse.

If you’re after bluegill, focus on thick brush—they’re loaded up and biting well on nightcrawlers or small bits of red wiggler worm. Catfishing’s decent for folks drifting fresh shad across the flats or working channels after dark with punch bait. For the biggest cats, target the river channel bends and look for fresh baitfish—shad and bluegill are both working.

Hot spots right now are the Black Forest area for bass off main-lake points, and Harvey Creek for big numbers of schooling white bass and scattered crappie. The Buck Bay area’s also a safe bet if you like flipping timber and brush for a mixed bag.

Your best lures include deep-diving crankbaits, big Texas- and Carolina-rigged worms (try 10-inch plum or watermelon magic), football jigs in green pumpkin, and slabs for whites. For live bait, fresh shad and minnows are working best, especially for catfish and crappie.

That’s your Sam Rayburn update for August 9, 2025—thanks for tuning in and remember to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.

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