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

7.1OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — work East Matagorda reefs and the ICW exchange — there is almost no Gulf inlet.

7 mph S · 2% rain · incoming

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

Where

  • TX - East Matagorda Bay (Matagorda Harbor) · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East Matagorda Bay - THE DRIFT BAY · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 7.3grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Matagorda brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

4.1OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

9 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief