On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, April 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.5OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

1 mph SSE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.7grass flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.8OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · incoming

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.7pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 8.7pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.3marsh drain on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Sabine brief