On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 9. 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.

15 mph ESE · outgoing

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

Where

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

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — bayside basins until Vaca water turns.

10 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 5.4wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief