On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

4.3OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — Marquesas and Harbor Key on a clean incoming — permit country. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.26 ft

Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

Where

  • Marquesas · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.7OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — flood the Neches and Sabine marsh, then the drains at Texas Point. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

16 mph SSW · 2% rain · incoming

-0.18 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 9.0pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 7.4marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief