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

-0.21 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 · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

4.0OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

7 mph SSE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.29 ft

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

Where

  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Indian Key Channel · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief