On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, February 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

5.6OF 10

Day

low

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

3 mph NNE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 6.6sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 5.5hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

4.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the river-marsh drains — this water dumps after a blow. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

21 mph NW · thunderstorms · outgoing

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

Where

  • Sabine Bank · 6.1pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 5.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 5.7marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief