On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, February 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

13 mph SSE · outgoing

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

Where

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

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.3OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast.

17 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.4channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 6.4channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief