On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, 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

6.6OF 10

Day

low

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

3 mph N · 65% rain · outgoing

Where

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

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

4.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph W · thunderstorms · outgoing

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 5.7marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief