On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, December 10. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait — slack on a border estuary is a pause, not a hunt.

Wind not in · high slack

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

Where

  • Sabine Bank · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 6.4marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief