On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, July 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait — slack on a border estuary is a pause, not a hunt.

9 mph N · high slack

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 6.4marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

5.7OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are in the mix — East or West End pancakes — one fish, on foot.

8 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • West End pancakes · 6.1hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East End flats · 6.1hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the G. Bahama brief