On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

8.1OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — drain Lydia Ann and the oyster edges, not a Galveston jetty program. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

10 mph SE · 1% rain · outgoing

-0.25 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Aransas Pass / jetties · 8.9pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Lydia Ann Channel · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

4.7OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — the birdfoot drains and the pass edges — wind and river stage are the tide.

4 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

-0.36 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • South Pass · 6.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 5.7marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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