On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.3OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — sit the river-marsh drains — this water dumps after a blow. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

12 mph SSW · 8% rain · outgoing

-0.14 ft

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 9.6pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.4OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — fish the wind-blown shoreline — the table is not the tide here. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

5 mph S · 1% rain · outgoing

-0.23 ft

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.6pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.6pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • San Luis Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief