On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, September 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

4.5OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook.

12 mph SE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

8.4OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — Packery and the Mustang backside, then the Port A jetties if the bulls are in. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

19 mph SSE · 25% rain · incoming

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

Where

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