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

texas · Matagorda

Matagorda Bay

6.8OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — mid-bay shell and the channel until current starts. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

8 mph SSW · 2% rain · low slack

-0.22 ft

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

Where

  • Port O'Connor jetties · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Matagorda Ship Channel · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Mitchells Cut · 6.0channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Matagorda brief