On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait for the next push through the jetties.

12 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.
Open the Corpus brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

5.0OF 10

Day

low

Snook are in the mix — flood the mangrove cays — snook first, a tarpon in the darker mouths.

11 mph ESE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 5.4structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 5.1mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief