On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, January 28. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.3OF 10

Day

low

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

3 mph WSW · high slack

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

Where

  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.8oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Pringle Lake (boat-in via POC) · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

5.8OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait; this pass wants moving water.

5 mph SSW · rain · high slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 6.6oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 5.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 4.8pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief