Sam Rayburn Fishing Report 9-16-25
September 16, 2025
Brookeland
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Crappie

Bass (Largemouth)
Trip Summary
Trip Summary
With the water still around 7ft below pool, Sam Rayburn is still fishing especially good for this time of year. For bass, theres a ton of floating fish on bait for a guy who wants to catch them using livescope or comemout with us and learn how to be more efficient using it. Basically you can just drop ths trolling motor anywhere theres bait and start finding targets everywhere you pan. Ive also found quite a few schools sitting on the top of or the side of ledges depending on the weather. Most of them have been in the 9-15ft range on main lake sturcture which could be an underwater point, creek channel or the edge of a raodbed. Youve got to use your electronics and fish where the fish and bait are not where you think they should be. You cant catch ghosts. For the fish in the bottom we have been rotating through a big plug, Carolina rig and a dropshot.
As far as crappie, the but has gotten a lot better the oast two weeks as far as size. There are some really nice crappie on the piles at the moment in about 18-25ft. Sunday was an exceptional day for big crappie and they but really good. It seems like the lower water temps have really helped with the size. I hope this helps anyone looking for some info and would love the opportunity to show you in person.