On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, July 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.3OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

29 mph E · rain · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.2mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.2mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 5.6grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

  • 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.
  • Sabine Bank · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief