On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, September 27. 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.

1 mph WSW · low slack

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

Where

  • Lydia Ann Channel · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.2serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.1oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

16 mph W · outgoing

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 8.1marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.8sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
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