On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, July 3. 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 — wait for the next push through the jetties.

11 mph SSE · high slack

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

Where

  • TX - Goose Island State Park · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 8.1serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Bird Island Basin (PINS) · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks off Garden Cove and Rodriguez Key — bones and permit, then Card Sound if you want current.

9 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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