On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, January 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.9OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph N · incoming

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

Where

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

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

5.3OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — wait; slack here is traffic.

11 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.4structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.0pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.0mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief