On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.0OF 10

Day

low

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

4 mph NW · 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

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

3.9OF 10

Day

low

Snook are in the mix — the same trees on the dump, then the southwest drop if the method is Offshore.

12 mph ESE · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Parguera mangrove cays · 4.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Magueyes Island · 4.5structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Parguera brief