On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 2. 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 — sit the river-marsh drains — this water dumps after a blow.

4 mph W · outgoing

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

Where

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

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

7 mph NE · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 6.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief