On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, November 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood the Neches and Sabine marsh, then the drains at Texas Point.

3 mph WNW · incoming

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.6pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 7.4marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

6.2OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — wait for the next inch — this atoll empties. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • St François flats · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Alphonse brief