On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, July 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

8.1OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph S · 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

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

6 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 6.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 6.2creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief