Artificial Lure here with your Lake Sam Rayburn fishing report.

Rayburn’s settled into that early winter groove now. According to the National Weather Service, we’re looking at cool mornings in the upper 40s to low 50s, warming into the 60s this afternoon with light north to northeast wind and a slight chance of drizzle. Skies are mostly cloudy, which is perfect for a steady bite. Sunrise is right around 7:00 a.m., sunset about 5:15 p.m., giving you a nice, short feeding window on each end of the day.

This is a reservoir, so no tide to worry about, but the solunar tables show the better activity running late morning into early afternoon today, with a minor bump again toward dusk. With the water in the mid‑60s and the lake still several feet low, those bass are sliding off the real skinny stuff and holding on the first break – stumps, brush, and drains just outside the old grass lines.

The Beaumont Enterprise’s recent East Texas report notes Rayburn about nine feet low, coves stained to dirty, and bass coming on soft plastics and moving baits worked on drops and drains. Local guides are still putting solid numbers of 2‑ to 4‑pound largemouth in the boat, with a few bigger fish in that 6‑plus class showing up when the wind pushes shad into the pockets.

Best bet right now for largemouth:
- **Main‑lake points and creek mouths** in 8–18 feet
- **Brush piles and timber edges** in 15–25 feet

On the moving side, throw a 1/2‑ounce chrome or shad‑pattern trap or a white/chartreuse spinnerbait slow‑rolling over the tops of the drains. When they won’t chase, pick up a green pumpkin or watermelon red finesse worm on a Carolina rig, or a black/blue or green pumpkin jig with a craw trailer. Fish it painfully slow, dragging through the stumps and pausing on the hard spots.

Crappie have been decent on brush in 18–25 feet near the river channel and major creek bends. Minnows and small tube jigs in natural shad or chartreuse are getting the nod. Catfish anglers working the river channel ledges with cut shad and punch bait are boxing some good eaters and the occasional blue in the teens.

A couple of local hot spots to keep in mind:
- **Veach Basin** – work the old ditches and drains with Carolina‑rigged worms and lipless cranks; shad have been thick in here on overcast days.
- **Five Fingers / Harvey Creek area** – low water has them pulled to the outside timber lines and channel swings; a jig or big worm around the wood is your big‑bite play.

Live bait folks, a frisky shiner on a split‑shot rig around those same drains will still get bit, but artificials are shining with this stained water and low‑light mix.

That’s the rundown from Sam Rayburn today. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report.

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