On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, May 16. 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

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo.

9 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Snake Bight · 6.2grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief