On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, December 13. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook.

10 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph NNE · 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