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

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.8OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

7 mph SW · 3% rain · incoming

-0.07 ft

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

Where

  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.0pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • San Luis Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Bolivar Peninsula west end / North Jetty · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief