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

texas · Matagorda

Matagorda Bay

6.8OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — mid-bay shell and the channel until current starts. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

8 mph SSW · 2% rain · low slack

-0.22 ft

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

Where

  • Port O'Connor jetties · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Matagorda Ship Channel · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Mitchells Cut · 6.0channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Matagorda brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.6OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

10 mph SE · 23% rain · outgoing

+0.39 ft

Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 9.3channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief