On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, October 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — pole the remaining water; slack here is short.

Wind not in · high slack

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

Where

  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.5oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Redfish Bay grass · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief