La Sal Vieja in Willacy County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Set in Willacy County, Texas, this is La Sal Vieja. This is scrub and brush ground. Roughly 3.5 sq miles of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. The edge covers about 14 miles, enough to hold several distinct areas. Nothing else we list in Willacy County covers more water. Lasara sits 4 miles from here and is the nearest stop. It is 29 miles to McAllen, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on La Sal Vieja

  This water is saline; the fishing interest, where it exists, sits in the feeder streams rather than the basin itself. If you are set on fishing this area, look to the rivers and fresh waters nearby instead. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. At La Sal Vieja light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, August reads 85°F and January reads 58°F. Winter is simply the pleasant end of an unbroken season. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer squeezes it into the edges of the day. April and May are the settled weeks, with October close behind. The season on La Sal Vieja follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. It is marked as a salt water body, which rules out most freshwater fish. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Should this one be busy, Harbin Reservoir is 5.7 miles off. Signs at La Sal Vieja carry more weight than any list.