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 · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

4.0OF 10

Today

high

Hogfish are the hunt — wait for the next push under the bridges. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph SE · thunderstorms · high slack

+0.31 ft

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

Where

  • Marathon bayside basins · 4.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.3OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the river-marsh drains — this water dumps after a blow.

10 mph SW · 3% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief