On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

4.5OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the river-marsh drains — this water dumps after a blow.

5 mph NE · thunderstorms · outgoing

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 5.7marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

4.2OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon are the hunt — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

7 mph E · thunderstorms · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Pine Island Sound via Matlacha · 4.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 4.5pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief