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

7.6OF 10

Today

high

Speckled trout are the hunt — flood Copano and Redfish Bay grass — this is the mid-coast skiff day. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

14 mph SSW · 0% rain · incoming

-0.25 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

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.3OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon are the hunt — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

5 mph SSE · 2% rain · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief