On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wait — slack on a border estuary is a pause, not a hunt.

6 mph N · 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 · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead.

4 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.2grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief