On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, June 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.5OF 10

Day

low

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

11 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.8channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait — slack on a border estuary is a pause, not a hunt.

7 mph NW · high slack

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 7.0marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief