On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, June 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.9OF 10

Day

low

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

4 mph NW · incoming

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.0marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.6pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.3OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

2 mph SSE · rain · high slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 4.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief