On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

9 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.7sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
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Right desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the pass at Port Aransas — this is current water, not a marsh drain.

16 mph SSE · outgoing

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

Where

  • Nueces Bay · 9.0marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 9.0pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - PINS South Beach miles 0-5 · 9.0pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Corpus brief