On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, March 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wait for the next push through the jetties.

14 mph S · 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.
Open the Corpus brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

5.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — Marquesas and Harbor Key on a clean incoming — permit country. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Marquesas · 6.5hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 6.5hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 6.5hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key West brief