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

4.2OF 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.

7 mph SE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.04 ft

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.3pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 5.5pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 5.2marsh drain on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

5.8OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

6 mph WNW · 9% rain · high slack

-0.05 ft

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 6.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 6.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 5.9oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief