On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, December 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

5.2OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph E · rain · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 5.6hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 5.6sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait for the next push through the jetties.

12 mph SSE · high slack

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

Where

  • TX - Goose Island State Park · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 8.1serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Bird Island Basin (PINS) · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Corpus brief