On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, September 6. 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 — wait — slack on a border estuary is a pause, not a hunt.

14 mph SSW · 20% rain · high slack

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 7.0marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.1OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph SE · 29% rain · incoming

Where

  • 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.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief