On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, March 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

11 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 8.4hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 8.4hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.3sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

5.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood the Neches and Sabine marsh, then the drains at Texas Point. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

21 mph NW · thunderstorms · incoming

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 5.9pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 5.9pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 5.6marsh drain on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Sabine brief