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

7.8OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — work East Matagorda reefs and the ICW exchange — there is almost no Gulf inlet. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

14 mph S · 0% rain · incoming

-0.22 ft

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

Where

  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Pringle Lake (boat-in via POC) · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Pringle Lake / Matagorda Island backlakes · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Matagorda brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

7.9OF 10

Today

medium

Speckled trout are the hunt — slide to Land Cut and the holes; trophy trout leave the skinny. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

11 mph S · 0% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • TX - Yarborough Pass (PINS mile 15.5) · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Upper Laguna / Bird Island Basin · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Mustang Island bayside / Shamrock Cove · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Baffin brief