On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo.

10 mph SSE · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.4mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.4mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 6.1hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

6.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the river-marsh drains — this water dumps after a blow. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

21 mph NW · rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.8pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 6.8marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 6.5pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief