On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — drain Lydia Ann and the oyster edges, not a Galveston jetty program.

9 mph SSE · outgoing

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 8.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Mustang Island beach - SP to Packery · 8.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

9 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief