Sabine Lake is sandwiched between Texas and Louisiana borders. It's approximately 14 miles long and 7 miles wide. This salty lake drains into the Gulf of Mexico through the Sabine River. This fact is what makes Sabine Lake one of the great estuaries to catch Speckled trout.
Sabine lake is known for its trophy size trout. Large trout tend spook easy, which is why a lot of local anglers suggest drift boat fishing Sabine Lake. Once you've found the area large trout are in, you don't want to spook them with a trolling motor.
Mullets, Croakers and Shad are some favorite food sources for Speckled trout. Expert trout anglers will seek out those areas with shell reefs and lots of bait fish. Long casts with immitation mullet plugs while drift fising are a favorite tactic among local anglers.
The She Dog and Top Dog are two of the most popular topwater immitation mullet plugs with proven success on Sabine Lake. Others include the Heddon Super Spook and the Super Spook Jr.
Right now, reports are claiming fair to good trout fishing on the Louisiana shoreline using She Dogs and glow plastics. Trout Fishing is also good on the Reef using topwaters and glow Bass Assassins, Trout Killers, and Sand Eels. Night fishers are also reporting good trout fishing under the lights at the causeway on DOA shrimp and little fishies.
For more information on catching Speckled trout in Texas check out the book, "Texas Trout Tactics" by Chester Moore Jr.
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