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 — slack on a border estuary is a pause, not a hunt. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

12 mph SSW · 2% rain · high slack

+0.05 ft

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

Where

  • Sabine Bank · 5.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 5.0marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

4.4OF 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.

5 mph SE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.23 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