On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

6.8OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — get off the skinny and sit the reefs.

9 mph SSE · low slack

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

Where

  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.4oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Mustang Island bayside / Shamrock Cove · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Lydia Ann Channel · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.6OF 10

Day

low

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

11 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief