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

7.3OF 10

Today

high

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

8 mph S · 2% rain · incoming

-0.25 ft

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

Where

  • Aransas Pass / jetties · 8.6pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Redfish Bay grass · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.6OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

10 mph SE · 23% rain · outgoing

+0.39 ft

Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 9.3channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief