On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, August 21. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · La Paz

La Paz / Espíritu Santo

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish should be the day — the town run is legal; the seamount wants moving bait.

5 mph SSW · high slack

Where

  • Espíritu Santo · 5.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the La Paz brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — get off the skinny and sit the reefs.

7 mph SSE · low slack

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

Where

  • Lydia Ann Channel · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.2serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.1oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief