On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, May 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — 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

  • Lydia Ann Channel · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.2serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.1oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short.

12 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.7channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 8.1mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief