On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, February 9. 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.

6 mph S · 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

8.8OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 8.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 7.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 7.5creek bight on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief