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

6.2OF 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.

12 mph SSW · 2% rain · high slack

+0.05 ft

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

Where

  • 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

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.8OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — the Cameron jetties and the pass — fall flounder water before the LDWF close.

15 mph SW · 3% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.7oyster reef on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief