On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, May 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wait — slack on a border estuary is a pause, not a hunt.

6 mph N · high slack

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 7.0marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the throats — this is why the week is booked. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

21 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Farquhar brief