On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, September 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next push under the bridges.

9 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.4wreck edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — pole the remaining water; slack here is short.

7 mph SSE · high slack

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

Where

  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.5oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Redfish Bay grass · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief