On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.7OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — flood the Neches and Sabine marsh, then the drains at Texas Point. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

14 mph SSW · 3% rain · incoming

-0.07 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 9.0pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 7.4marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.3OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

10 mph SSW · 0% rain · incoming

-0.22 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • West Bay grass · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief