On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, February 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes.

8 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.8mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.8mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

8.4OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Copano and Redfish Bay grass — this is the mid-coast skiff day.

14 mph SE · incoming

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

Where

  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Pringle Lake (boat-in via POC) · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Goose Island State Park · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief