On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.6OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

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

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — pole the remaining water; slack here is short.

No wind reading · high slack

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

Where

  • Copano Bay reefs · 8.1oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Pringle Lake (boat-in via POC) · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief