On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 24. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.9OF 10

Day

low

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

2 mph NNE · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 8.4hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 7.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — pole the remaining water; slack here is short.

8 mph SSE · high slack

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

Where

  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.2oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Redfish Bay grass · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief