On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, September 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

4.5OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks off Garden Cove and Rodriguez Key — bones and permit, then Card Sound if you want current.

13 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.4OF 10

Day

low

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

16 mph S · 20% rain · incoming

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.0marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.6pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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