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

6.6OF 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

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

6.8OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — Boca Paila and the drains; tarpon live in the darker mouths.

2 mph NNW · 33% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief