On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, May 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next inch — this bay empties.

1 mph NNW · low slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

8.9OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — drain Lydia Ann and the oyster edges, not a Galveston jetty program.

9 mph S · outgoing

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

Where

  • 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.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief