On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, December 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

5.7OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — Current Cut and the east-side ocean flats — permit first, bones second. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

25 mph NE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Current Cut · 4.9channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — pole the remaining water; slack here is short.

8 mph SSE · high slack

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

Where

  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.8oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Pringle Lake (boat-in via POC) · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief