Sabine Lake fly and conventional tackle fishing reports & photos
Monday, February 25, 2008
2/25/2008
16 hour day at work Saturday and obligations Sunday leads to no fishing
I didn't get out on the water this weekend once again. Saturday was a double shift on a reactor turn around. Sunday was church, by the time I got home I figured I had better do some spring cleaning around the house with the good weather at hand. The water in the bayou still looks like chocolate milk but the water in the lake and marsh could be better, either way the fish have to eat to stay alive so I'm sure the die hard anglers that fished this week end managed a few fish.
Looks like we will get another cold blast Wed. and Thurs. so the spring like conditions were short lived. Hopefully March will bring more stable conditions and warmer weather.
Tight lines, Mike ¶ 9:29 AM 0 comments
16 hour day at work Saturday and obligations Sunday leads to no fishing
I didn't get out on the water this weekend once again. Saturday was a double shift on a reactor turn around. Sunday was church, by the time I got home I figured I had better do some spring cleaning around the house with the good weather at hand. The water in the bayou still looks like chocolate milk but the water in the lake and marsh could be better, either way the fish have to eat to stay alive so I'm sure the die hard anglers that fished this week end managed a few fish.
Looks like we will get another cold blast Wed. and Thurs. so the spring like conditions were short lived. Hopefully March will bring more stable conditions and warmer weather.
Tight lines, Mike ¶ 9:29 AM 0 comments
Sunday, February 17, 2008
2/17/2008 Either wind ,Rain or both at the same time
Well last week end spoiled me. This week end just disapointed me. Saturday had some of the worst winds I have seen in a while then the rain set in with it. I wanted to participate in the crab trap clean up but the high winds had the tide pushed way up high. It's hard to find unmarked crab traps in deep water. I was hoping for a low tide so we could see the abandond traps on the flats. I know there were a few in Bessie heights, I saw them last week end when the tide was so low. Sunday morning was nice but the wind was was kickin out of the West, Oh well it was nice at the open air Cowboy church this morning, cool but not to cool. If you have never been it's diffrent than the traditonal style church. We have services in a big barn with horses, cats and dogs close by. Western wear is the most prominate but camofloge or bib overalls fit in just fine.
We have a country western band that plays gospel style music. If you get a chance look up the Cowboy church of Orange county, you might be glad you did.
Hopefully we can get some better weather next week and let things settle out.
Tight lines, Mike ¶ 5:21 PM 0 comments
Well last week end spoiled me. This week end just disapointed me. Saturday had some of the worst winds I have seen in a while then the rain set in with it. I wanted to participate in the crab trap clean up but the high winds had the tide pushed way up high. It's hard to find unmarked crab traps in deep water. I was hoping for a low tide so we could see the abandond traps on the flats. I know there were a few in Bessie heights, I saw them last week end when the tide was so low. Sunday morning was nice but the wind was was kickin out of the West, Oh well it was nice at the open air Cowboy church this morning, cool but not to cool. If you have never been it's diffrent than the traditonal style church. We have services in a big barn with horses, cats and dogs close by. Western wear is the most prominate but camofloge or bib overalls fit in just fine.
We have a country western band that plays gospel style music. If you get a chance look up the Cowboy church of Orange county, you might be glad you did.
Hopefully we can get some better weather next week and let things settle out.
Tight lines, Mike ¶ 5:21 PM 0 comments
Saturday, February 09, 2008
2/9/2008
A great day on the water
Things finally came togather this weekend. I still have a little congestion left over from the bug I had last weekend but I am feeling great, the weather finally worked it's way into a beautiful day, the tide was moving when we were fishing, the wind laid down to a light breeze and the fish were hungry! My buddy Dale and I made a run into Bessie Heights marsh just to see what was going on and what the conditions were like. We started on the South end and found muddy looking water on the flats and in the river. There was a lot of mullet in the shallows closer to deep water. We Fished the flats and along the channel that runs through it but couldn't draw any strikes. We decided to run to the middle section of Bessie and fish this deeper cut that the flats run off into. The tide was really ripping out as we fished the deeper water structure of the cut but still couldn't find any fish. I decided to move closer to the flats and the shallower warmer water that was spilling into the cut. I started casting a rootbeer/Chart. D.O.A. shad tail pinned to a 1/4 lead head onto the flat and draging it off into the deeper water. It wasn't long before I got a solid thump telegraphed up the line through the rod that produced a solid 2-1/4 lb. Speckled trout. We fished the break that was about 100yards long from 2:00pm tp 3:30pm and boated eight trout up to 3-1/2 lb. This 3-1/2lb Sow had only one eye. She must be a real surviver to make this size with only one eye. We only had one trout that wouldn't make 15 inches, the rest were mostly 2 lb. We also boated 6 Flounder using the same lures. The only thing was the Flounder were in the 10 inch size but it was good to see so many juvenile fish in the system. We thought for sure one of us would get a Sabine slam but we never had the 1st Red fish on? The bite shut down as soon as the tide started slowing down. The tide looked to have dropped 2 foot today. I have to brag on the GatorTail motor. We had ran across the flats that were already very shallow to get to our final fishing spot. Instead of leaving the long way back to the ramp I ran back the short way we came in. As we exited a very narrow cut that leads to deeper water I was startled to see only mud and no water for about 100 yards before the water even started! I held on to the poling platform and pointed the boat in the right direction. We skated right across the mud flat like a Penguin belly sliding on ice! Those guys at GatorTail have really done their home work. I'm almost convinced if it rained for 2 weeks and my yard was real soft the motor would push the boat across it! I really got a kick out of going muding in the boat and catching those nice trout today, I'm still grinning.
Things finally came togather this weekend. I still have a little congestion left over from the bug I had last weekend but I am feeling great, the weather finally worked it's way into a beautiful day, the tide was moving when we were fishing, the wind laid down to a light breeze and the fish were hungry! My buddy Dale and I made a run into Bessie Heights marsh just to see what was going on and what the conditions were like. We started on the South end and found muddy looking water on the flats and in the river. There was a lot of mullet in the shallows closer to deep water. We Fished the flats and along the channel that runs through it but couldn't draw any strikes. We decided to run to the middle section of Bessie and fish this deeper cut that the flats run off into. The tide was really ripping out as we fished the deeper water structure of the cut but still couldn't find any fish. I decided to move closer to the flats and the shallower warmer water that was spilling into the cut. I started casting a rootbeer/Chart. D.O.A. shad tail pinned to a 1/4 lead head onto the flat and draging it off into the deeper water. It wasn't long before I got a solid thump telegraphed up the line through the rod that produced a solid 2-1/4 lb. Speckled trout. We fished the break that was about 100yards long from 2:00pm tp 3:30pm and boated eight trout up to 3-1/2 lb. This 3-1/2lb Sow had only one eye. She must be a real surviver to make this size with only one eye. We only had one trout that wouldn't make 15 inches, the rest were mostly 2 lb. We also boated 6 Flounder using the same lures. The only thing was the Flounder were in the 10 inch size but it was good to see so many juvenile fish in the system. We thought for sure one of us would get a Sabine slam but we never had the 1st Red fish on? The bite shut down as soon as the tide started slowing down. The tide looked to have dropped 2 foot today. I have to brag on the GatorTail motor. We had ran across the flats that were already very shallow to get to our final fishing spot. Instead of leaving the long way back to the ramp I ran back the short way we came in. As we exited a very narrow cut that leads to deeper water I was startled to see only mud and no water for about 100 yards before the water even started! I held on to the poling platform and pointed the boat in the right direction. We skated right across the mud flat like a Penguin belly sliding on ice! Those guys at GatorTail have really done their home work. I'm almost convinced if it rained for 2 weeks and my yard was real soft the motor would push the boat across it! I really got a kick out of going muding in the boat and catching those nice trout today, I'm still grinning.
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Saturday, February 02, 2008
2/2/2008
Fly tying in Houston and the Flu or some thing like it!
I Have been fighting some sort of flu bug the past week. I had an elevated temprature last Sunday and a sore throat. That passed by mid week and I thought it was over. I started to loose my voice Friday night with the soreness coming back.
Well after today at the Texas fly fishers tying Fest. it's totaly gone. I was able to visit with the patrons most of the day but by 3:45 pm it was history. I had high hopes of making it out to Bessie Heights marsh Sunday around noon but the way I feel now I'm not sure it's going to happen. I had gotten a reliable report about last week end from my friend "Greg Leblanc" AKA CROPO. He had caught over 30 Red fish on an incoming tide using soft plastic. He even had a few small Flounder boated to boot. The Reds were just under the 20 inch mark but this time of the year I would be glad to do battle on light tackle with them. I'm really getting my hopes up for the Heights this year. The past season saw good numbers of juvenile fish in the system with several becoming legal lenght by the end of fall. Greg proved the numbers of Reds occuping the estuary are still there.
Tight Lines, Mike ¶ 5:48 PM 0 comments
Fly tying in Houston and the Flu or some thing like it!
I Have been fighting some sort of flu bug the past week. I had an elevated temprature last Sunday and a sore throat. That passed by mid week and I thought it was over. I started to loose my voice Friday night with the soreness coming back.
Well after today at the Texas fly fishers tying Fest. it's totaly gone. I was able to visit with the patrons most of the day but by 3:45 pm it was history. I had high hopes of making it out to Bessie Heights marsh Sunday around noon but the way I feel now I'm not sure it's going to happen. I had gotten a reliable report about last week end from my friend "Greg Leblanc" AKA CROPO. He had caught over 30 Red fish on an incoming tide using soft plastic. He even had a few small Flounder boated to boot. The Reds were just under the 20 inch mark but this time of the year I would be glad to do battle on light tackle with them. I'm really getting my hopes up for the Heights this year. The past season saw good numbers of juvenile fish in the system with several becoming legal lenght by the end of fall. Greg proved the numbers of Reds occuping the estuary are still there.
Tight Lines, Mike ¶ 5:48 PM 0 comments
