Redfish
Sciaenops ocellatus
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In peak season for this water.
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
Brackish border estuary. Sabine and Neches river water, pass current at Texas Point, marsh drains after a blow.
Forecast
medium confidence
Morning line
Sabine 7.7 on Sunday, March 8. 5 mph NNW. Mostly clear. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From NNW · gust 5
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Mostly clear
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
77% lit
Waning gibbous
mid range · 77%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 1.4 ft
low slack
1.43 ft MLLW
River
USGS 08030500
750 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
Monthly YOLO day
Wednesday, August 26 · 9.7
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast — and it is a copper day. waxing gibbous · spring · tide range ~1.8 ft · wind to 10 mph · 3% chance of rain
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Texas Point / Sabine Pass
pass jetty · public structure · deep
NOAA 8770822 sits here. Current, granite, shrimp. Fall flounder water before the closure.
Keith Lake Cut
marsh drain · public structure · mid
Drain after a north wind. Redfish and trout stage where the marsh empties.
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
Outgoing water
9.9Sun 10:00 AM → Sun 2:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
9.6Sun 4:00 PM → Sun 6:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.6Sun 7:00 PM → Mon 4:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
9.9Mon 3:00 AM → Mon 12:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.6Mon 6:00 PM → Tue 4:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
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 sourceNo-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.
Redfish
Sciaenops ocellatus
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In peak season for this water.
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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In peak season for this water.
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.
Black drum
Pogonias cromis
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In peak season for this water.
Texas: 5/day, 14–30 in. One over 52 in allowed as part of the bag.
Southern flounder
Paralichthys lethostigma
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Present, not peak.
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.
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.
Next two weeks
YOLO