On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, May 24. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

7 mph NW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.7marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.9pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

2 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.8pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.4sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.3grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Boca Grande brief