On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait for the next dump off the marsh.

Wind not in · low slack

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

Where

  • Sabine Bank · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 6.0marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.7OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — Boca Paila and the drains; tarpon live in the darker mouths.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief