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

7.8OF 10

Today

medium

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

16 mph S · 0% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • TX - Lighthouse Lakes Trail (SH 361) · 7.8mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Yarborough Pass (PINS mile 15.5) · 7.8pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Aransas Pass North Jetty · 7.8pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

6.4OF 10

Today

high

Speckled trout are the hunt — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph NW · 11% rain · incoming

-0.22 ft

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

Where

  • Barataria bayside · 7.4marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 6.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief