On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, January 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next push under the bridges.

10 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 5.3grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.0channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

11 mph SSW · incoming

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

Where

  • Sabine Bank · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 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