On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph NW · rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 7.3pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 7.3marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 6.5pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — fish the wind-blown shoreline — the table is not the tide here.

8 mph WSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.7marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 8.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief