On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, September 24. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.8OF 10

Day

low

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

3 mph WSW · incoming

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.3marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

4.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — look, do not grind a high-slack school across the biosphere.

7 mph ENE · rain · high slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 5.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 5.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief