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 · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.1OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — flood the Neches and Sabine marsh, then the drains at Texas Point. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

6 mph SW · 11% rain · incoming

-0.20 ft

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

Where

  • Sabine Bank · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 7.7marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

6.9OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — get off the skinny and sit the reefs.

8 mph SSE · 2% rain · low slack

-0.23 ft

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

Where

  • F/V MISS TAKE · 6.9wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Aransas Pass / jetties · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Lydia Ann Channel · 6.0channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief