On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, June 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.1OF 10

Day

low

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

2 mph WSW · high slack

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

Where

  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.2oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Redfish Bay grass · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Pine Island Sound via Matlacha · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief