09-29-2004, 07:40 PM
COLETO CREEK Water clear; 88 degrees (96 degrees at hot water discharge); 0.44' low. Black bass to 6 pounds are fair on soft plastics and topwaters in 8 – 10 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie to 1 pound are good on minnows in 10 feet. Channel and blue catfish to 3 pounds are slow on trotlines baited with nightcrawlers and shrimp. Yellow catfish to 5 pounds are slow on trotlines baited with perch.
NORTH SABINE Trout are good in the Sabine and Neches Rivers on live shad and pepper/chartreuse Bass Assassins and Norton Sand Eels. Trout and redfish are good at the mouths of drains and bayous to the marsh on live shad.
SOUTH SABINE Bull redfish are good at the jetty on live bait and cut mullet. Trout are good along the rocks on She Dogs. Flounder are fair along the Louisiana shoreline and in the drains on jigs tipped with shrimp.
BOLIVAR Trout are good along the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge shoreline on chartreuse/red head Top Dogs and chrome She Dogs. Redfish are good in the surf and at Rollover Pass on finger mullet. Croaker are good on fresh dead shrimp at Rollover Pass.
NORTH SABINE Trout are good in the Sabine and Neches Rivers on live shad and pepper/chartreuse Bass Assassins and Norton Sand Eels. Trout and redfish are good at the mouths of drains and bayous to the marsh on live shad.
SOUTH SABINE Bull redfish are good at the jetty on live bait and cut mullet. Trout are good along the rocks on She Dogs. Flounder are fair along the Louisiana shoreline and in the drains on jigs tipped with shrimp.
BOLIVAR Trout are good along the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge shoreline on chartreuse/red head Top Dogs and chrome She Dogs. Redfish are good in the surf and at Rollover Pass on finger mullet. Croaker are good on fresh dead shrimp at Rollover Pass.