On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, December 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.4grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — get off the skinny and sit the reefs.

11 mph SE · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.8serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.7oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Mustang Island bayside / Shamrock Cove · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Rockport brief