On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, November 7. 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 — get off the skinny and sit the reefs.

7 mph SE · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.8serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.7oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Mustang Island bayside / Shamrock Cove · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes.

14 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.2mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.2mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 5.4grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief