On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, April 19. 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

low

Redfish should be the day — get off the skinny and sit the reefs.

10 mph S · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.8serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.7oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Mustang Island bayside / Shamrock Cove · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

Snook should be the day — wait; slack here is traffic.

8 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.1structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.6mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief