On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, August 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

4.3OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — hold for the next push through the rim. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

21 mph SSE · rain · low slack

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 4.9pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 4.0hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Farquhar brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — drain Lydia Ann and the oyster edges, not a Galveston jetty program.

3 mph WSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Lydia Ann Channel · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief