On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, August 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

4.0OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next inch — this bay empties.

5 mph E · thunderstorms · low slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 4.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 4.3hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the river-marsh drains — this water dumps after a blow.

7 mph SSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief