On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, March 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wait for the next dump off the marsh.

12 mph SE · low slack

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 7.1pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 6.4marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 6.4pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

6.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

16 mph S · rain · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.5grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Boca Grande brief