On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, February 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — Boca Paila and the drains; tarpon live in the darker mouths.

4 mph NE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.8sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood the Neches and Sabine marsh, then the drains at Texas Point.

4 mph SSE · incoming

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 7.8pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.6pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 7.4marsh drain on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Sabine brief