On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

9.0OF 10

Day

low

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

12 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

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning.

11 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.7wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief