On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, April 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

5.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the river-marsh drains — this water dumps after a blow. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

21 mph NW · thunderstorms · outgoing

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.1pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 6.1marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 6.1pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

8.7OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the creek mouths and the bights; tarpon live in the darker water.

2 mph NE · outgoing

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 8.3creek bight on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 7.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 7.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief