Redfish
Sciaenops ocellatus
Thermal window
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Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Texas (Sep 1 2025–Aug 31 2026): 3/day, 20–28 in slot. One over 28 in per license year with a Red Drum Tag.
Texas · Sabine Lake
Redfish should be the day — sit the river-marsh drains — this water dumps after a blow.
Brackish border estuary. Sabine and Neches river water, pass current at Texas Point, marsh drains after a blow.
- ⚠ This brief is for 2026-08-25, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
Forecast
medium confidence
Forecast brief for Tuesday, August 25. Back to this morning
Morning line
Sabine 8.1 on Tuesday, August 25. 5 mph W. Mostly Sunny · 6%. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
outgoing · 1.82 ftNOAA hourly · ft MLLW
Wind
NWS
From W
Sky
6% rain
Clear
Mostly Sunny · 6%
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
93% lit
Waxing gibbous
mid range · 93%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 1.9 ft
outgoing
1.82 ft MLLW
River
USGS 08030500
747 cfs
Sabine Rv nr Ruliff, TX
Discharge into this bay. High water stains the flat.
Wind vs table
Observed − predicted
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No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.
Clock
NOAA 8770822
- LowTue 9:29 AM · 1.77
- HighTue 12:45 PM · 1.87
- LowTue 8:27 PM · 0.20
- HighWed 4:36 AM · 2.07
- LowWed 9:31 AM · 1.68
Monthly YOLO day
Wednesday, August 26 · 9.2
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast — and it is a copper day. waxing gibbous · spring · tide range ~1.1 ft · wind to 10 mph · 5% chance of rain
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
- 8.4
Texas Point / Sabine Pass
pass jetty · public structure · deep
NOAA 8770822 sits here. Current, granite, shrimp. Fall flounder water before the closure.
- — pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
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When
Outgoing water
9.1Tue 8:00 AM → Tue 11:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
7.8Tue 11:00 AM → Tue 2:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
10.0Tue 2:00 PM → Tue 10:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
10.0Tue 10:00 PM → Wed 6:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
10.0Wed 6:00 AM → Wed 11:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Launch and beach access
Cited to TPWD, Texas GLO beach-access plans, and NPS. 2WD/4WD is the county plan, not a guess.
Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site
TPWD / THC historic site — public ramp
Texas Point / Sabine Pass. Ramp and jetty water. NOAA 8770822 is the clock.
Official sourceWalter Umphrey State Park / Pleasure Island
TPWD-listed launch · Port Arthur
Sabine Lake side. Marsh drains and lake edges from here.
Official sourceCameron / Calcasieu Point
Cameron Parish / LDWF
SW Louisiana beach. Parish rules shift. Calcasieu Pass is the next throat east.
Official source
Legal water
No-take and closed water cited to the agency that owns it. Only the Keys box is FKNMS.
No FKNMS polygon in this box. Mainland Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Mexico, and the Bahamas are not Keys sanctuary closures.
Why — and who
- — Tide is outgoing from NOAA.
- — Mostly Sunny · 6%. Sky is workable.
- — Wind 5 mph W. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — Waxing gibbous moon — mid tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
6.6
Speckled trout
Cynoscion nebulosus
Thermal window
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Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Texas: 3/day, 15–20 in slot. One over 28 in per license year with a Spotted Seatrout Tag (plus bonus). Soft mouth + slot = measure every fish.
Southern flounder
Paralichthys lethostigma
Thermal window
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Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Texas: 5/day, 15 in minimum (verify Outdoor Annual). Closed Nov 1–Dec 14.
Black drum
Pogonias cromis
Thermal window
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Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Texas: 5/day, 14–30 in. One over 52 in allowed as part of the bag.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
Thermal window
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Generally unregulated. Still, do not leave a pile.
Regs citedTPWD Outdoor Annual · Sep 1, 2025–Aug 31, 2026 · rolls in 8 days. Texas bag and season roll every September 1. The stamp is the book we cited, not a license.