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.

16 mph S · 0% rain · incoming

-0.26 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

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

6.5OF 10

Today

high

Mangrove / gray snapper are the hunt — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph S · 1% rain · low slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 4.8grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Pine Island Sound via Matlacha · 4.8grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief