On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, July 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

6.2OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the throats — this is why the week is booked. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

31 mph SSE · outgoing

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 7.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 6.1hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Farquhar brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait for the next dump off the marsh.

7 mph SSW · low slack

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 5.9pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 5.8marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief