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

3.7OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph SE · thunderstorms · high slack

+0.31 ft

Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

Where

  • Snake Bight · 4.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • First National Bank · 3.8hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 3.5mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

texas · Matagorda

Matagorda Bay

8.1OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — work East Matagorda reefs and the ICW exchange — there is almost no Gulf inlet. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

16 mph S · 0% rain · incoming

-0.25 ft

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

Where

  • Port O'Connor jetties · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Matagorda Ship Channel · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Matagorda brief