On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, April 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood the Neches and Sabine marsh, then the drains at Texas Point.

10 mph ESE · rain · incoming

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 7.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 6.7marsh drain on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Sabine Bank · 6.3pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes.

13 mph SSW · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.0mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.0mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 6.2grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief