On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

5.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

13 mph W · rain · incoming

Where

  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 5.8creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 5.6hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 5.6hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood the Neches and Sabine marsh, then the drains at Texas Point.

10 mph SSW · incoming

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

Where

  • Sabine Bank · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 7.7marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Sabine brief