On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

6.8OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — pole the remaining water; slack here is short. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

6 mph SE · 1% rain · high slack

-0.23 ft

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

Where

  • Aransas Pass / jetties · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • F/V MISS TAKE · 6.4wreck edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Copano Bay reefs · 6.1oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

7.9OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the Sea of Abaco edges as they empty.

12 mph ESE · 9% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 6.8creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief