On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, December 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the river-marsh drains — this water dumps after a blow.

3 mph N · outgoing

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

Where

  • Sabine Bank · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait; slack on the delta is a pause.

7 mph N · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.2marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief