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

6.8OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — get off the skinny and sit the reefs. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

13 mph SSE · 0% rain · low slack

-0.23 ft

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

Where

  • F/V MISS TAKE · 6.9wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Aransas Pass / jetties · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Lydia Ann Channel · 6.0channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

7.6OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon are the hunt — wait for the next push through the jetties. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

7 mph SSE · 0% rain · high slack

-0.19 ft

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

Where

  • TX - Goose Island State Park · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.5serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Bird Island Basin (PINS) · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
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