On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.8OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph NNE · incoming

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.6pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 7.4marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Sabine brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

7 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.7channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 5.7wreck edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Marathon brief