On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, March 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

8.5OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Copano and Redfish Bay grass — this is the mid-coast skiff day.

5 mph WSW · incoming

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 8.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Mustang Island beach - SP to Packery · 8.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — run or rest — slack on this water is not a hunt.

13 mph SSE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief