On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

4.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next inch — this bay empties.

6 mph E · rain · low slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 5.6sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 4.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — get off the skinny and sit the reefs.

7 mph SSE · low slack

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

Where

  • Lydia Ann Channel · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Copano Bay reefs · 6.8oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Mustang Island bayside / Shamrock Cove · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Rockport brief