On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, February 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — do not grind a Biscayne slack — boat traffic already did.

16 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.6OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph SSW · outgoing

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

Where

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