On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, April 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

9.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

11 mph SE · incoming

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

Where

  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Pringle Lake (boat-in via POC) · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Goose Island State Park · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — get in the remaining water; this is a sight fishery, not a drain.

18 mph ESE · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • South Bay · 6.8grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the LLM brief