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

6.6OF 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.

13 mph SW · 2% rain · high slack

+0.02 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 · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

4.2OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.30 ft

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

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.2grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief