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

6.9OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — get off the skinny and sit the reefs.

9 mph SSE · 2% rain · low slack

-0.21 ft

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

Where

  • F/V MISS TAKE · 6.9wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Aransas Pass / jetties · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Lydia Ann Channel · 6.0channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.0OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Calcasieu Lake shell, then the pass if the wind lets water in.

6 mph WNW · 14% rain · incoming

-0.47 ft

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 9.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.9oyster reef on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief