Colburn's Sabine Connection

redfish and dirty water

We closed the books on 2004 this morning with a half day trip in Old River Cove.  The trout were nowhere to be found, but the redfish were all over the shallow mud flat in the extreme northwest corner of the cove.  Because it was difficult to see them with the off-colored water and chop, we spooked a lot of fish.

When we could see them before we spooked them, we had our better luck with a bone-silver She Dog.  We caught several fish we didn't see by drifting and fan casting Traps and chartreuse single spin spinnerbaits.  Some nice trout were taken the day before working the Intracoastal just outside of the Cove.  Those fish were taken on bone-chartrteuse Fat Boy Corkies.

Here's wishing you a Happy New Year and hoping that the weather is a little more cooperative in 2005!

slow bite

Everything was in our favor today and the bite was still slow.  Maybe we need another freeze.  A few redfish showed up on the flats, but even they weren't overly aggressive.

The folks I talked with over on Big Lake struggled as well.  Could be the full moon is hurting us right now.  The water on Big Lake is much clearer than it is in Sabine right now.  The clearer water really helps us with our bite on the flats bordering the Louisiana marshes.

We'll try em again tomorrow!

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.