Surf producing at Sabine Lake
LSONews.com
Fishing on Sabine Lake has held steady through the summer months, and reports of good catches of speckled trout and redfish have been made.
Dimitri Schwarznau of SGS bait and tackle shop reported that anglers have been catching fair numbers of trout and redfish near the coves in the upper portion of the lake. She also reported that anglers catching their limits recently despite heavy rains.Guide Jerry Norris has reported high catches of trout shallow and deep.
“We’ve been catching a lot of trout wade fishing in the surf, ” Norris said. “And we have been catching a lot of redfish up in the lake under the birds.”
For the trout Norris said he has fished mainly with chartreuse/diamond Bass Assassins on jigheads in about 2 to 5 feet of water.
“The last few times they have been pretty close to the bottom,” Norris said. So we’ve had to use a little heavier jighead to get it down to the bottom.”
Redfish in the lake have been caught on various lures, but the most effective have been topwaters. The fishing for reds has been focused around schooling birds, and anglers have caught many while wade fishing.
Anglers have also reported catching redfish on cut mullet around Sabine Pass.
Norris reported the catches of redfish were of average keeper size, but nothing over 28 inches has been landed recently.
Heavy rains have besieged the area as of late, causing some to wonder if they will impact the fishing. Schwarznau said that it hasn’t appeared to impact any of the fishing, and anglers and guides have worked around the storms. She said that most anglers have waited out some of the smaller storms and were successful throughout the lake even down to the ship channel.
