On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish should be the day — the beach still fishes; the bank wants a troll.

7 mph ENE · high slack

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 5.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the East Cape brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.5OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph S · incoming

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 7.8pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 7.4marsh drain on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief