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

6.8OF 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.

11 mph SW · 2% rain · high slack

+0.05 ft

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • 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 · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.3OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon are the hunt — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

5 mph SSE · 2% rain · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief