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

8.2OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — Mitchell's Cut and the ship-channel side do the exchanging.

15 mph S · 0% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • Port O'Connor jetties · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Mitchells Cut · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Matagorda Ship Channel · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

7.3OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon are the hunt — Nueces and Shamrock guts until the pass turns.

7 mph S · 0% rain · low slack

-0.15 ft

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

Where

  • F/V MISS TAKE · 7.3wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Kaufer-Hubert Park (Baffin doorway) · 6.9serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Baffin Bay - TROPHY TROUT, MIND THE ROCKS · 6.9serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
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