On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.9OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph SW · incoming

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 7.7marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — Current Cut and the east-side ocean flats — permit first, bones second.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Current Cut · 6.8channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief