On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.7OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast.

Wind not in · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — drain Lydia Ann and the oyster edges, not a Galveston jetty program.

Wind not in · outgoing

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

Where

  • Lydia Ann Channel · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief