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 · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

4.1OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

9 mph S · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.29 ft

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

Where

  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.2wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 5.2grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief