On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

4.7OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph NW · rain · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 5.6hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 5.6sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 5.2creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.1OF 10

Day

low

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

11 mph S · outgoing

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

Where

  • 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.
  • Sabine Bank · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief