On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

1 mph S · outgoing

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.1marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.3pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait for the next push through the jetties.

13 mph SE · high slack

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

Where

  • TX - Kaufer-Hubert Park (Baffin doorway) · 7.8serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Baffin Bay - TROPHY TROUT, MIND THE ROCKS · 7.8serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Goose Island State Park · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Corpus brief