On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wait — slack on a border estuary is a pause, not a hunt.

6 mph S · high slack

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 7.0marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in.

17 mph S · incoming

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief