On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, May 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

5.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — Boca Paila and the drains; tarpon live in the darker mouths.

8 mph E · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 5.9hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Copano and Redfish Bay grass — this is the mid-coast skiff day.

9 mph SSE · incoming

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Mustang Island beach - SP to Packery · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief