On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph SSE · low slack

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

Where

  • Lydia Ann Channel · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Copano Bay reefs · 6.8oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Mustang Island bayside / Shamrock Cove · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.9OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · outgoing

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 8.4marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 8.4mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief