On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

6.6OF 10

Today

medium

Speckled trout are in the mix — look, do not grind — this water is clear and they see you. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

12 mph SE · 0% rain · high slack

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

Where

  • Land Cut · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Baffin Bay rocks · 6.1serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Nine Mile Hole · 6.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Baffin brief

Right desk

texas · Matagorda

Matagorda Bay

8.1OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — work East Matagorda reefs and the ICW exchange — there is almost no Gulf inlet. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

14 mph SSE · 0% rain · incoming

-0.21 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Port O'Connor jetties · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Matagorda Ship Channel · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Matagorda brief