On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, August 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait — slack on a border estuary is a pause, not a hunt.

5 mph W · 2% rain · high slack

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 6.4marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

6.5OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the Sea of Abaco edges as they empty.

9 mph SE · 3% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 6.6creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief