On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, December 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning.

7 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.3wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 6.1grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Copano and Redfish Bay grass — this is the mid-coast skiff day.

10 mph SE · incoming

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

Where

  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Pringle Lake (boat-in via POC) · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Goose Island State Park · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief