On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Matagorda

Matagorda Bay

8.2OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — Mitchell's Cut and the ship-channel side do the exchanging.

14 mph S · 0% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • Port O'Connor jetties · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Mitchells Cut · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Matagorda Ship Channel · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Matagorda brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

6.6OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — wait — slack on a border estuary is a pause, not a hunt. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

13 mph SW · 2% rain · high slack

+0.02 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 5.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 5.0marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief