On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, January 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.0OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — sit the remaining guts until the cays breathe.

8 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 5.3structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 4.9mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — pole the remaining water; slack here is short.

3 mph NNW · high slack

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

Where

  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.8oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Pringle Lake (boat-in via POC) · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief