On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, December 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.7OF 10

Day

low

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

3 mph NNE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — Packery and the Mustang backside, then the Port A jetties if the bulls are in.

12 mph S · incoming

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - PINS South Beach miles 0-5 · 8.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 8.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
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