On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

1 mph NNE · high slack

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

Where

  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.8oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Pringle Lake (boat-in via POC) · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next flood after the shower clears.

12 mph S · low slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key West brief