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 · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

4.0OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

9 mph S · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.29 ft

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

Where

  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Indian Key Channel · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

8.3OF 10

Today

high

Redfish should be the day — Packery and the Mustang backside, then the Port A jetties if the bulls are in.

7 mph SSE · 1% rain · incoming

-0.18 ft

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

Where

  • TX - Goose Island State Park · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Bird Island Basin (PINS) · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Nine Mile Hole / upper Laguna back country · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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