On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, February 15. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast.

Wind not in · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 6.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the river-marsh drains — this water dumps after a blow.

11 mph SSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Sabine Bank · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief