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

8.1OF 10

Today

medium

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

8 mph SSW · 2% rain · incoming

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

Where

  • 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.
  • TX - Pringle Lake (boat-in via POC) · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

4.1OF 10

Today

high

Speckled trout are the hunt — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

6 mph NNW · thunderstorms · incoming

-0.22 ft

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

Where

  • Barataria bayside · 5.2marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief