On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, August 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — pole the remaining water; slack here is short.

7 mph SSW · 0% rain · high slack

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

Where

  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.5oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Redfish Bay grass · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

6.5OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph NE · 2% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 6.6creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief