On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, May 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

6.7OF 10

Day

low

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

12 mph ESE · 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

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph E · incoming

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

Where

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