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 · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.3OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon are the hunt — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph SW · 1% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 9.6pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.1grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief