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

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

6.2OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — wait for the next dump off the marsh. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

7 mph WSW · 13% rain · low slack

-0.30 ft

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 5.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 4.6marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.6OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

10 mph SE · 23% rain · outgoing

+0.39 ft

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

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 9.3channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief