On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph SW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.1marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.3pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

5.2OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — Current Cut and the east-side ocean flats — permit first, bones second. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

25 mph NE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Current Cut · 5.5channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief