On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, September 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — flood the Ascension flats off Punta Allen — bones first, permit if you earned it.

5 mph ENE · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

9.0OF 10

Day

low

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

4 mph W · incoming

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.3marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Sabine brief