On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, September 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.1OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph SSW · rain · incoming

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

Where

  • 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.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.6pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.7OF 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.

2 mph WNW · 18% rain · incoming

Where

  • Blackwater Sound · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Key Largo brief