On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, July 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — pole the remaining water; slack here is short.

6 mph SSW · high slack

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

Where

  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.5oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Redfish Bay grass · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.7OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot.

7 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief