On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 10. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — drain Lydia Ann and the oyster edges, not a Galveston jetty program.

11 mph SE · outgoing

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Lighthouse Lakes Trail (SH 361) · 9.0mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.3OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief