I was going to scout again today with the fishing on Sabine improving each day, but I found out last night that I had a birthday party to attend. Turned out...it was mine. You have obviously had a bunch of them when you forget your own!
Now that I am eligible for social security I can hang up my guide license and turn off the computer. If you believe that will happen any time soon, then there is no reason to read any further. I couldn't pay my gas bill with my social security check!
Rick holds up two nice trout that were pretty much the norm for the day. We caught very few small trout and the average fish was easily three pounds.
We had another very good day on Sabine yesterday. Rick Czepinski bought a trip I donated to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo and he and Drew Donalson could not have asked for better conditions. We not only caught a lot of fish, but most of the trout were in the 3-4 pound class. I gave them the option early on of working cuts and marsh for reds and flounder or drifting the shell for trout and they chose the latter. It turned out to be a good decision!
We caught all of our trout on soft plastics. We did much better on the shorter plastics in darker colors like Texas Roach and Morning Glory. It has been a long time since I fished without a depthfinder, still moving into my new boat, but most of our fish were in 6-12 feet of water. We hit a short stretch of shore on the way back in and quickly caught three reds...one in the slot.
I still have not looked at the west side of the lake, but the entire eastern shoreline is in very good shape. The middle of the lake looked pretty bad, but there isn't anything going on in that area anyway.
Capt Colburn,
I need help! I'm down in Mexico (working) and I promised a group of gaurds from the federal pen that I would take them out on May 3 to fish a tournament. I fly back May 1 and have to do a little work on my boat and take them out the next day.What would you do?
Posted by: Lloyd Criswell | April 25, 2008 at 05:00 PM
How about a picture of your new BOAT.
Posted by: Johnny Harrington | April 25, 2008 at 01:10 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!!
Posted by: Henry Abel | April 24, 2008 at 02:58 PM