On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, February 13. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

5.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — flood the Ascension flats off Punta Allen — bones first, permit if you earned it.

9 mph E · rain · incoming

Where

  • Boca Paila · 6.2sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.1hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph SE · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.8serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.7oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Mustang Island bayside / Shamrock Cove · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Rockport brief