On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, May 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wait — slack on a border estuary is a pause, not a hunt.

10 mph N · high slack

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 6.8marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 6.3pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — wait for the next flood after the shower clears.

9 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 6.0hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 6.0hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 6.0hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key West brief