On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, January 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.0OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · 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

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — Caminada and the island backside as they empty.

10 mph SW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 8.1marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief