On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, February 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short.

14 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.1channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.8sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph SSW · incoming

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

Where

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