On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.6OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph S · outgoing

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.1marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.3pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.5OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon are the hunt — wait; slack here is traffic.

8 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.1structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.7pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief