On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.8OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — flood Copano and Redfish Bay grass — this is the mid-coast skiff day. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

14 mph S · 0% rain · incoming

-0.28 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Aransas Pass / jetties · 8.6pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Redfish Bay grass · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.3OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon are the hunt — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph SW · 1% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 9.6pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.1grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief