On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, January 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — Nueces and Shamrock guts until the pass turns. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

18 mph ESE · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.8serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Kaufer-Hubert Park (Baffin doorway) · 7.8serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Baffin Bay - TROPHY TROUT, MIND THE ROCKS · 7.8serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Corpus brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.8OF 10

Day

medium

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