On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, February 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.4OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · outgoing

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

Where

  • Sabine Bank · 9.0pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.4marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next push under the bridges.

No wind reading · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 6.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.9channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Marathon brief