On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, March 13. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

5.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the river-marsh drains — this water dumps after a blow. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

21 mph NW · thunderstorms · outgoing

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.1pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 6.1marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 6.1pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

1 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.7grass flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief