On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — pole the remaining water; slack here is short.

13 mph SE · high slack

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

Where

  • Copano Bay reefs · 8.1oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Pringle Lake (boat-in via POC) · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.6OF 10

Day

low

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

10 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.1channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief