On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

4.5OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the river-marsh drains — this water dumps after a blow.

5 mph NE · thunderstorms · outgoing

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 5.7marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

4.6OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

27 mph ESE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • St François flats · 5.5hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 5.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief