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 · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

4.3OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats.

10 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

    Open the Key West brief

    Right desk

    texas · Matagorda

    Matagorda Bay

    7.9OF 10

    Today

    high

    Redfish are the hunt — work East Matagorda reefs and the ICW exchange — there is almost no Gulf inlet. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

    10 mph SSW · 1% rain · incoming

    -0.23 ft

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

    Where

    • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    • TX - Pringle Lake (boat-in via POC) · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    • Pringle Lake / Matagorda Island backlakes · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    Open the Matagorda brief