On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, December 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.1OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph SE · outgoing

Where

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

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait — slack on a border estuary is a pause, not a hunt.

10 mph NNE · high slack

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 6.8marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 6.3pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief