On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, February 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.3OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · incoming

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

Where

  • Sabine Bank · 8.7pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 7.7marsh drain on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

No wind reading · incoming

Where

  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 8.4hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 8.4hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.3sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief