On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, October 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

9.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

4 mph WSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 9.0marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

5 mph NNW · high slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief