On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

8.3OF 10

Day

low

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

10 mph SE · 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 · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next push under the bridges.

10 mph SSE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 5.3grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.0channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Marathon brief