On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, May 1. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

9.0OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot.

12 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

9.1OF 10

Day

low

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

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