Black drum
Pogonias cromis
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In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Texas: 5/day, 14–30 in. One over 52 in allowed as part of the bag.
Texas · Sabine Lake
Redfish should be the day — flood the Neches and Sabine marsh, then the drains at Texas Point.
Brackish border estuary. Sabine and Neches river water, pass current at Texas Point, marsh drains after a blow.
- ⚠ This brief is for 2026-02-13, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
- Tide · NOAA 8770822
- NDBC 42035 quiet
- No salinity probe on this desk
- River · USGS 08030500
- Red-tide check failed — not all-clear
- Sargassum check failed — not all-clear
- Water temp quiet
Forecast
medium confidence
Forecast brief for Friday, February 13. Back to this morning
Morning line
Sabine 8.5 on Friday, February 13. 11 mph SSW. Clear. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
incoming · -0.37 ft · drag or hover for the clockNOAA tide gauge 8770822 · Texas Point, Sabine Pass · ft MLLW · not a weather buoy
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From SSW · gust 15
Buoy
NDBC 42035
Quiet
Galveston did not report. Witness only — not the tide clock.
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clear
Clear
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
14% lit
Waning crescent
mid range · 14%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 2.0 ft
incoming
-0.37 ft MLLW
Coast
No live coast layer
Red-tide check failed. That is not all-clear — open the agency page before you wade.
Sargassum check failed. Not a GPS pin. Not all-clear.
Salinity / color
No USGS 00480 well on this desk. Do not borrow another bay’s river.
River
USGS 08030500
719 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
- LowFri 6:21 AM · -0.61
- HighFri 3:32 PM · 1.39
- LowSat 7:04 AM · -0.67
- HighSat 3:43 PM · 1.39
- LowSat 8:35 PM · 1.08
Monthly YOLO day
Wednesday, August 26
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 · 6% chance of rain
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.
- 8.7
Sabine Bank
pass jetty · saved map · skinny
Shallow natural bank off Sabine Pass. APPROX - chart it. · 5 - NEARSHORE STRUCTURE (orange) - GET EXACT COORDS FROM TPWD · Texas coast — corridors, jetties, flats
- — pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout, Black drum.
skiffkayakwadeflyspin - 8.1
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 incoming tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
structurespinfly - 7.7
Keith Lake Cut
marsh drain · public structure · mid
Drain after a north wind. Redfish and trout stage where the marsh empties.
- — marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
skiffkayakspinfly
When
When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. First light and last light are named when the clock is the story. Today’s ring mixes the best mark, the lead fish, and the best window, then taxes the sky. A strong incoming can sit under a weak day if the wind or the fish is off. Calendar cells are a third recipe: range, moon, and the day’s forecast.
Incoming water
10.0Fri 8:00 AM → Fri 5:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Last light · outgoing
10.0Fri 5:00 PM → Sat 9:00 AM
Last light on outgoing water.
Incoming water
10.0Sat 8:00 AM → Sat 5:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Last light · outgoing
9.7Sat 5:00 PM → Sat 10:00 PM
Last light on outgoing water.
Last light · incoming
8.7Sat 10:00 PM → Sun 1:00 AM
Last light on incoming water.
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 incoming from NOAA 8770822 Texas Point, Sabine Pass.
- — Clear. Sky is workable.
- — Wind 11 mph SSW. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — Waning crescent moon — mid tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
- — No USGS 00480 well on this desk. Do not read another bay’s river as this water.
8.4
Redfish
Sciaenops ocellatus
Thermal window
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Present, not peak. This tide stage (incoming) 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.
Speckled trout
Cynoscion nebulosus
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Present, not peak. This tide stage (incoming) 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
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Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Texas: 5/day, 15 in minimum (verify Outdoor Annual). Closed Nov 1–Dec 14.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Generally unregulated. Still, do not leave a pile.
Regs citedTPWD Outdoor Annual · Sep 1, 2025–Aug 31, 2026 · rolls in 7 days. Texas bag and season roll every September 1. The stamp is the book we cited, not a license.