On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

5.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wait for the next dump off the marsh. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

21 mph NW · rain · low slack

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 5.4marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 5.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.7OF 10

Day

low

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

1 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.4grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief