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

7.7OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — flood the Neches and Sabine marsh, then the drains at Texas Point. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

16 mph SSW · 2% rain · incoming

-0.18 ft

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 9.0pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 7.4marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.9OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph ESE · 0% rain · incoming

+0.19 ft

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

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.7channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief