On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

5.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — make the run or wait; slack out here is expensive.

9 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.8OF 10

Day

low

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

3 mph WSW · incoming

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 7.7marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Sabine brief