On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, February 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — look, do not grind a high-slack school across the biosphere.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Paila · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — pole the remaining water; slack here is short.

Wind not in · high slack

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

Where

  • Copano Bay reefs · 8.1oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Pringle Lake (boat-in via POC) · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief