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

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

4 mph SE · high slack

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 6.8marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 6.3pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — this is a thinking wade — slack is a look.

No wind reading · high slack

Where

  • West End pancakes · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • East End flats · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the G. Bahama brief