On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, January 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph WSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 8.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Mustang Island beach - SP to Packery · 8.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.4OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — flood the mangrove cays — snook first, a tarpon in the darker mouths.

1 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 6.5structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.0mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief