On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

12 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • The Marls · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 7.1creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — get off the skinny and sit the reefs.

10 mph SSE · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.8serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.7oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Mustang Island bayside / Shamrock Cove · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Rockport brief