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 · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

6.8OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — Packery and the Mustang backside, then the Port A jetties if the bulls are in.

8 mph S · 0% rain · incoming

-0.16 ft

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

Where

  • TX - Yarborough Pass (PINS mile 15.5) · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Aransas Pass North Jetty · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Aransas Pass South Jetty · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Corpus brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.4OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph ESE · rain · incoming

+0.23 ft

Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.5channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief