On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, June 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.9OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 9.0hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 8.3sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait — slack on a border estuary is a pause, not a hunt.

11 mph S · 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