On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

8.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — East or West End pancakes — one fish, on foot.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • West End pancakes · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East End flats · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the G. Bahama brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

10 mph SE · high slack

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

Where

  • Copano Bay reefs · 8.1oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Pringle Lake (boat-in via POC) · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief