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

8.1OF 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

-0.25 ft

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

Where

  • Port O'Connor jetties · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Matagorda Ship Channel · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

4.8OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot.

5 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.9sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 5.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 5.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief