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.

17 mph S · 0% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • TX - Yarborough Pass (PINS mile 15.5) · 8.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Lighthouse Lakes / Redfish Bay - ATLAS #1 · 8.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Upper Laguna / Bird Island Basin · 8.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

4.2OF 10

Today

medium

Permit are the hunt — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

10 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Blackwater Sound · 4.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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