On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, March 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

9.0OF 10

Day

low

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

13 mph ESE · outgoing

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

Where

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

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

9.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — Boca Paila and the drains; tarpon live in the darker mouths.

9 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 8.3hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief