On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, January 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

14 mph S · 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 · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

4.9OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Marquesas · 5.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief