On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the river-marsh drains — this water dumps after a blow.

7 mph ESE · outgoing

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.1marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.9pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook.

14 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.0sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief