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

7.6OF 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 - Mustang Island SP · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - PINS South Beach miles 0-5 · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Corpus brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.2OF 10

Today

high

Mangrove / gray snapper are the hunt — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph S · 1% rain · low slack

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 4.8grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief