On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, December 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.8OF 10

Day

low

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

10 mph N · 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 · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.8OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast.

6 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 5.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 5.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief