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Toledo Bend Bream Fishing
Posted on 6/6/24 at 4:13 pm
Posted on 6/6/24 at 4:13 pm
Heading to the bend in a few weeks and staying mid lake not far from Living the Dream Guide Service. I've only been on a couple guided pontoon sacalait trips and never really fished the lake on my own. We always just boat ride on the bend because we go during summer and deep water fishing isn't my specialty. Would i be wasting my time bank fishing for bream this time of the year? I'll have my mother and sister who haven't done much fishing besides bream fishing under corks. Not looking for anyone's brush piles or honey holes, just some advice on where we can go drown a few crickets and mess around close by the camp. Worse case we will just booze cruise
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Posted on 6/6/24 at 5:48 pm to 225tigahhh
If you're close to a full moon, you can probably find beds. If not, the shallow ridges out from Cypress Bend have nice ones.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 6:17 pm to 225tigahhh
Way back in the olden days there were huge bream in the Bend.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 7:04 pm to 225tigahhh
My Granddad used to bank fish the north end of Toledo Bend almost every day after he retired. They lived less than a mile away and he had gate keys to all the lakeside land in the area. He couldn’t swim and said being in a boat made him too dizzy to fish.
I can attest to his successes catching bream and crappie. We had many a fish fry at their house.
If you are not local with limited access to lakeside you will probably be SOL. Some boaters and locals will target the beds in the public access areas, less for “outsiders” and thus more for them.
I can attest to his successes catching bream and crappie. We had many a fish fry at their house.
If you are not local with limited access to lakeside you will probably be SOL. Some boaters and locals will target the beds in the public access areas, less for “outsiders” and thus more for them.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 7:27 pm to 225tigahhh
As AlxTiger said, full moon is when the bluegills concentrate in certain areas to spawn. Outsite of that lunar cycle, they hang out around structure like docks and such. I've never been to TB but that's how they behave universally.
Posted on 6/7/24 at 9:08 am to 225tigahhh
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advice on where we can go drown a few crickets and mess around close by the camp.
You'll catch some bream. From May-August, if we aren't in the boat the kids are constantly bream fishing off the bank and around the docks and boat houses. They catch a bunch.
Sure, there are spots with bigger ones you could try to figure out and target, but just catching a few bream should be relatively easy.
Posted on 6/7/24 at 9:16 am to 225tigahhh
If you put a cricket in 1-3 feet of water anywhere on Toledo bend, you will catch a fish. Finding the big ones bedded up is not as easy though
You can easily run through 300 crickets in a morning. Just have to keep moving and find the bigger ones
You can easily run through 300 crickets in a morning. Just have to keep moving and find the bigger ones
Posted on 6/7/24 at 9:22 am to 225tigahhh
I’m up at my camp now. Bream are everywhere in pockets and coves. Water is way high get as far back in trees as you can. Shady spots are best. Worms working just as good and last lot longer. Good luck
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