On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, January 21. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — Nueces and Shamrock guts until the pass turns.

13 mph ESE · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.8serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Kaufer-Hubert Park (Baffin doorway) · 7.8serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Baffin Bay - TROPHY TROUT, MIND THE ROCKS · 7.8serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Corpus brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.8OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast.

8 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 5.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 5.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief