On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, August 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

4.5OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

10 mph SE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.6sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.0OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph W · 2% rain · high slack

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 6.4marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief