On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, May 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Copano and Redfish Bay grass — this is the mid-coast skiff day.

9 mph SSE · incoming

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Mustang Island beach - SP to Packery · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

11 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief