We were supposed to have another tough wind today, but we could not have asked for better conditions. I very seldom fish on Sunday, but I have backed a lot of folks up due to the wind this spring and we just did what we had to do!
It may all come to a screeching halt tomorrow, but we had yet another good day today on Sabine and the water is continuing to clear a little farther north each day. I had the privilege of fishing with three generations of the Wade French family today and there is no doubt that there will be a French fishing somewhere for many years to come!
Christopher French was pleased to add this red to the box!
We found trout north of Pleasure Island for the first time in a while, but the majority of the fish that we kept came off the south end of the lake. We also found our fish a little shallower this morning. We caught most of our trout drifting plastics, but we also caught some of our better fish under the birds.
Our largest trout may have weighed four pounds at best, but we went through a lot of quality fish. The trout working the mouths of the bayous were small, but the trout chasing ribbon fish and shrimp in the open lake are the real deal. We only cleaned 16 trout and a nice slot red, but we were in fish all day long.
The flounder bite is also improving daily on the La. shoreline. There are still a lot of small fish, but there are enough 15-17 inch fish in the flooded grass to keep you interested. I am sure they are hitting whatever you have the most confidence in, but pumpkin-chartreuse and Texas Roach Sea Shads have been good to us.
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Glad to hear to good report on Sunday. Fred, Ben & I went out that morning and picked up a half dozen flounder bewteen gator & greens, never saw the first bird working and definitely no shrimp jumping. Looks like it is time to explore more of the lake.
Posted by: Brian | April 23, 2008 at 05:17 AM