12/17/2006
Dale Beaty and I had a good outing this morning despite the heavy fog.
We caught solid Speckled trout up to 19 inches along with a dozen rat reds and one 15 inch Flounder in the Sabine river today.
We fished from 7:45am to 12:30pm. The bite just about stopped at 11:00am but we kept fishing any way and I caught the keeper flounder at 12:15pm.
The fish were holding on the breaks in the river at the 8 foot to 14 foot transition areas.
We fished DOA glow/Chrt shad tails on 1/4 & 3/8 oz DOA lead heads. We tried Pumpkinseed/Chrt. tails but only had a few fish bite. The glo/chrt was the winner by a long shot.
I also feel the Power Pro braid I was fishing made a difference. Dale elected to fish monofiliment and boated far fewer fish than I did, the bite was subtle and hard to detect.
I was surprised that we didn't catch any slot Red fish? The Red fish bite has been steady for the past several weeks and the trout have been slow but it looks like things are changing to a trout bite.The stringer of trout and one Flounder weighed 14 lb. That's what I call solid keeper trout
Tight lines, Mike  ¶ 5:25 PM