On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, May 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wait for the next dump off the marsh.

7 mph SE · low slack

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 7.1pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 6.4marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 6.4pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short.

13 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.7channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 8.1mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief