On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the pass at Port Aransas — this is current water, not a marsh drain. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

18 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 · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

6.8OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish are the hunt — walk the wash or run the banks.

6 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 6.0sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the East Cape brief