On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — get off the skinny and sit the reefs.

Wind not in · low slack

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

Where

  • Lydia Ann Channel · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.2serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.1oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Snook are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the cays breathe.

4 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 6.7structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.2mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief