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

8.1OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — drain Lydia Ann and the oyster edges, not a Galveston jetty program. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

9 mph ESE · 1% rain · outgoing

-0.21 ft

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

Where

  • Aransas Pass / jetties · 8.9pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Lydia Ann Channel · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

6.9OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — Boca Paila and the drains; tarpon live in the darker mouths.

7 mph E · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.6sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief