On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, January 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait for the next push through the jetties. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

18 mph ESE · 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

6.8OF 10

Day

low

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

7 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 6.7structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.3mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief