On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait for the next dump off the marsh.

4 mph W · low slack

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 6.0marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks off Garden Cove and Rodriguez Key — bones and permit, then Card Sound if you want current.

9 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 7.5channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Key Largo brief