On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, February 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take.

7 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 7.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the pass at Port Aransas — this is current water, not a marsh drain. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

18 mph ESE · outgoing

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

Where

  • Nueces Bay · 9.0marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - PINS South Beach miles 0-5 · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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