SABINE LAKE & PASS

Reported by CAPT. EDDIE HERNANDEZ

Email Eddie Hernandez at ContactUs@fishgame.com

Fishing is About to Bust Open

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THE WIDE OPEN fishing of summer is so close we can almost taste it. The months of May and June are the perfect prelude to the magical time of year we call summer. 

This is like a trial run of almost everything the summer months have to offer without having to worry about the triple digit temperatures. The water temperature will be above 70 degrees and on the ascent. The weather should be mostly stable, and the strong green tides will usher in tons of hyped-up bait fish. All of the ingredients are in place to make this the closest thing to summertime fishing as possible except for the one thing we dread the most; the super intense heat. 

Summer does officially begin on June 20, so we could be even closer than some of us may have realized. Whatever the case may be, we have waited long enough and are eager to get this thing started. It’s time to put on some shorts and hook up the boat. It’s time to get in the summer mindset and start focusing on the patterns and techniques that will consistently put fish in the boat for the next several months. It’s time to start thinking about the surf, the jetties, the lake, bayous and rivers. 

Here on Sabine, it’s time for us to start thinking about the entire ecosystem. With air and water temperatures on the rise we are becoming limitless as to where we can go and what we can do to catch fish. Plentiful bait fish and nice tidal movement are beginning to loosen the reins on trout, reds and flounder as they follow shrimp, shad and mullet from the Gulf of Mexico, up the Neches and Sabine rivers and everywhere in between. Nice stringers of hefty trout and reds will be taken early on topwaters. The ship channel, jetties and surf have the potential to produce some real monsters. The same holds true for both the north and south revetment walls on Pleasure Island and various points in the Sabine and Neches rivers. 

On the Louisiana side of the lake, key on protected areas with pretty water and a nice mud/clam bottom. Moving water is always your ally and the presence of bait fish will up the odds in your favor. Super Spooks, She Dogs and Skitter Walks are all good for multiple blow ups. Proven color choices are bone, pearl, black/chartreuse and pink/silver. Once you feel the sun beginning to change the color of your neck, and the blow ups start becoming less frequent switch to soft plastics bounced off the bottom on 1/8 oz lead heads or under a popping cork. D.O.A. C.A.L. Series Shad, Down South Lures and Zoom Super Flukes will definitely get their attention. Flounder also find these hard to resist. 

Join us in taking advantage of this prelude to summer before it gets too hot and hopefully, I’ll see you here on Sabine.

 

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