On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, January 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — Nueces and Shamrock guts until the pass turns. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

18 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

8.5OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot.

8 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.0channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 7.0channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief