On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.7OF 10

Today

high

Speckled trout are the hunt — flood Copano and Redfish Bay grass — this is the mid-coast skiff day.

8 mph SSW · 2% rain · incoming

-0.27 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Aransas Pass / jetties · 7.9pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • F/V MISS TAKE · 7.8wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Redfish Bay grass · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.0OF 10

Today

medium

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next inch — this bay empties.

2 mph NNE · 8% rain · low slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.3hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief