On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, May 27. 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.

5 mph NNW · incoming

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 7.8pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 7.8pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Mustang Island beach - SP to Packery · 7.8pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

6.5OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later.

10 mph W · rain · incoming

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 6.6pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.2sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 6.2marsh drain on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief