On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

6.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

3 mph NNW · low slack

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

Where

  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.4oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Mustang Island bayside / Shamrock Cove · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Lydia Ann Channel · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

4.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait; slack on the delta is a pause.

6 mph WNW · rain · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 5.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 5.2marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 4.8pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief