On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, April 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

5.7OF 10

Day

low

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

2 mph NE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 5.9hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wait — slack on a border estuary is a pause, not a hunt.

9 mph SE · high slack

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 6.8marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 6.3pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief