On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, September 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

8.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — drain Lydia Ann and the oyster edges, not a Galveston jetty program.

6 mph SSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Lydia Ann Channel · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — make the run or wait; slack out here is expensive.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
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