On This Water

Texas · Sabine Lake

Redfish are the hunt — wait for the next dump off the marsh.

Brackish border estuary. Sabine and Neches river water, pass current at Texas Point, marsh drains after a blow.

  • This brief is for 2026-08-11, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
7.1OF 10

Forecast

low confidence

Forecast brief for Tuesday, August 11. Back to this morning

Morning line

Sabine 7.1 on Tuesday, August 11. 6 mph SSW. Clear. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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-0.7-0.4-0.00.40.7LHLHLHLHTue 7 AMWed 7 AMThu 7 AMFri 7 AM
low slack · -0.53 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW6MPH

From SSW · gust 15

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Clear

Clear

A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.

Moon

4% lit

Waning crescent

spring range · 4%

Water

No gauge

Water

48°92°

Today’s range 1.1 ft

low slack

-0.53 ft modeled

River

USGS 08030500

753 cfs

Sabine Rv nr Ruliff, TX

Discharge into this bay. High water stains the flat.

Wind vs table

No live gauge

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Clock

NOAA 8770822

  • LowTue 7:00 AM · -0.55
  • HighTue 2:00 PM · 0.52
  • LowTue 8:00 PM · -0.51
  • HighWed 2:00 AM · 0.48
  • LowWed 8:00 AM · -0.45

Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.

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…

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass

    pass jetty · public structure · deep

    6.8

    NOAA 8770822 sits here. Current, granite, shrimp. Fall flounder water before the closure.

    • pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
    • In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
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  • Sabine Bank

    pass jetty · saved map · skinny

    6.8

    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 low slack tide is a secondary match.
    • In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
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  • Keith Lake Cut

    marsh drain · public structure · mid

    6.0

    Drain after a north wind. Redfish and trout stage where the marsh empties.

    • marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
    • In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
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When

  • Incoming water

    9.1

    Tue 9:00 AMTue 3:00 PM

    Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.

  • Outgoing water

    10.0

    Tue 3:00 PMTue 10:00 PM

    Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.

  • Incoming water

    10.0

    Tue 9:00 PMWed 4:00 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    10.0

    Wed 3:00 AMWed 10:00 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    7.8

    Wed 10:00 AMWed 4:00 PM

    Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.

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 source
  • Walter Umphrey State Park / Pleasure Island

    TPWD-listed launch · Port Arthur

    Sabine Lake side. Marsh drains and lake edges from here.

    Official source
  • Cameron / 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 low slack (modeled — the NOAA gauge did not answer).
  • Clear. Sky is workable.
  • Wind 6 mph SSW. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
  • Waning crescent moon — spring tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.

Redfish

Sciaenops ocellatus

5.5

Thermal window

48°92°

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

5.5

Thermal window

44°90°

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.

Southern flounder

Paralichthys lethostigma

3.7

Thermal window

46°88°

Off-season here.

Texas: 5/day, 15 in minimum (verify Outdoor Annual). Closed Nov 1–Dec 14.

Black drum

Pogonias cromis

3.7

Thermal window

46°88°

Off-season here.

Texas: 5/day, 14–30 in. One over 52 in allowed as part of the bag.

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

5.8

Thermal window

64°94°

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 8 days. Texas bag and season roll every September 1. The stamp is the book we cited, not a license.