On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — get in the remaining water; this is a sight fishery, not a drain.

7 mph E · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • South Bay · 6.8grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the river-marsh drains — this water dumps after a blow.

6 mph NW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.1marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.3pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief