Anti-freeze trout on Sabine

The thermometer is still dipping below the freezing mark, but quickly warming by mid-morning.  All of the runoff rom the lakes has slowed action on the north end of the lake, but the flats on the Louisiana shoreline are starting to produce during the mid-day and late afternoon hours.

We have been catching both trout and redfish on Catch 2000's, Corky Devils and He Dogs.  Best color combinations during the early week have been pearl or glow-chartreuse and chrome-green back.  The largest trout have come right at dark for us.  The heaviest trout we have taken in the past several days barely made the six pound mark, but we have had better trout on.

I also got an excellent report from local anglers that are a very reliable source that trout in the 17 to 20 inch class were eating red shad Assassins in 22 feet of water on the oyster reefs in front of the Causeway.  They kept 14 fish Sunday and 23 Monday in a half day of fishing.  Hopefully we will have an earlier bite on the reef this year than the last two.