On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, February 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — get off the skinny and sit the reefs.

10 mph SSE · 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

low

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

13 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • First National Bank · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief