On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph WNW · 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

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the cays breathe.

4 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 6.7structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.2mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief