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

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

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 · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 6.2marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 5.8pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — the same harbor throats as they dump.

10 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Condado Lagoon · 8.1channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • San Juan Bay · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the San Juan brief