On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, August 28. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

6.8OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph E · 21% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph SSW · 13% rain · 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