Toledo Bend Reservoir, Reservoir on the Texas–Louisiana border, United States

Toledo Bend Reservoir is a water reservoir at the Texas-Louisiana border, running through forests of pine and cypress. The shoreline stretches for several hundred miles with small coves, shallow inlets, and narrow channels cut by green water.

Land along the Sabine flooded repeatedly, prompting Texas to create its Sabine River Authority in 1949 and Louisiana its own in 1950. The states agreed on a compact, allocated $30 million by 1959 and bought the land in 1963. Massman-Johnson began the dam, spillway and power plant on May 11, 1964; impoundment started in October 1966 and the plant ran from early 1969, financed by the two states without federal money.

Anglers gather at small docks and public shoreline areas, exchanging tips about the best spots for bass. The tradition of fishing competitions brings new participants to different sections of the shore each month, where they refine their techniques over long weekends.

Boat ramps and campgrounds are scattered along both shores, with paved roads leading to the main access points. Buoys mark shallow areas and submerged obstacles, so carrying a navigation chart or following familiar routes is advisable.

In 2003, during recovery operations after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, some remains of the astronauts were recovered west of the reservoir. The search took place on the water and along the western shore, not in coves reached only by small boats.