Redfish
Sciaenops ocellatus
Thermal window
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Present, not peak.
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.
Tide + moon
low confidence
Morning line
Sabine 7.1 on Sunday, August 9 — tide, moon, and season only. No wind forecast that far out. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
Wind
NWS
No wind reading
Sky
NWS
Sky not in
Sky not in
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
15% lit
Waning crescent
mid range · 15%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 2.8 ft
high slack
1.91 ft MLLW
River
USGS 08030500
716 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 · 9.2
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 · 3% chance of rain
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.
Texas Point / Sabine Pass
pass jetty · public structure · deep
NOAA 8770822 sits here. Current, granite, shrimp. Fall flounder water before the closure.
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
Keith Lake Cut
marsh drain · public structure · mid
Drain after a north wind. Redfish and trout stage where the marsh empties.
When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. 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.
Outgoing water
9.4Sun 12:00 PM → Sun 9:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.4Sun 8:00 PM → Mon 6:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.4Mon 5:00 AM → Mon 10:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
7.1Mon 10:00 AM → Mon 1:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.4Mon 1:00 PM → Mon 10:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
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
Thermal window
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Present, not peak.
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
Thermal window
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Present, not peak.
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
Thermal window
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Off-season here. This tide stage (high slack) matches how they hunt.
Texas: 5/day, 14–30 in. One over 52 in allowed as part of the bag.
Southern flounder
Paralichthys lethostigma
Thermal window
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Off-season here.
Texas: 5/day, 15 in minimum (verify Outdoor Annual). Closed Nov 1–Dec 14.
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.
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