On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, December 21. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.3OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood the Neches and Sabine marsh, then the drains at Texas Point.

1 mph NNW · incoming

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.3marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Sabine brief