On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, October 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

9.0OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood the Neches and Sabine marsh, then the drains at Texas Point.

6 mph N · incoming

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.3marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.4OF 10

Day

low

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

4 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief