On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

4.7OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo.

7 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 4.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.6OF 10

Today

high

Speckled trout are the hunt — flood Copano and Redfish Bay grass — this is the mid-coast skiff day. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

14 mph SSW · 0% rain · incoming

-0.25 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Aransas Pass / jetties · 7.9pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • F/V MISS TAKE · 7.8wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Redfish Bay grass · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief