On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, September 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — bayside basins until Vaca water turns.

13 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.1wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

8.5OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — Packery and the Mustang backside, then the Port A jetties if the bulls are in.

7 mph SSW · incoming

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - PINS South Beach miles 0-5 · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Corpus brief