If you fished yesterday it had to be because it was your only day off and you caught a very bad draw. The wind never backed off and blew all night long to boot. It also looks like more of the same for the next few days. I postponed trips all the way through the weekend and I am not overly excited about even scouting as the boat and I took a beating this week even on the better days. I really thought those days were behind us!
A due south wind this time of the year or a northeast wind in the early spring eliminate a lot of prime water on Sabine. The water clarity has held up with little or no rain and the fish are there, but you just can't fish the better areas slowly enough. The few protected areas along the ship channel look like parking lots most days so that is a poor Plan B.
The most consistent bite if these conditions persistis going to be the ship channel or the ICW and that generally means live bait. This year, at least for me, it will also mean more homework as a large number of washouts and structure changes I have fished for years were demolished over the past year by barges and crew boats grinding up the east shoreline while working the LNG pipeline.
Mother Nature has all but decided that our trout are going to finish their spawn without too much pressure and that isn't all bad. Even the 3 to 4 pound trout we have cleaned recently were full of eggs, but we weren't catching anything much smaller to keep. What a problem to have!
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