On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, December 15. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.6OF 10

Day

low

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

2 mph WSW · incoming

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Mustang Island beach - SP to Packery · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief