On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait — slack on a border estuary is a pause, not a hunt.

No wind reading · high slack

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

Where

  • Sabine Bank · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 6.4marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Florida pompano should be the day — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump.

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.0pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.0mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.7structure piling on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief