On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, December 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — get off the skinny and sit the reefs.

10 mph SSE · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.8serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.7oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Mustang Island bayside / Shamrock Cove · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

8.3OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph ENE · outgoing

Where

  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 7.5creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief