On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, February 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.2OF 10

Day

low

Snook are in the mix — the village run is legal; the trees want current.

No wind reading · high slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 5.7structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 5.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — get off the skinny and sit the reefs.

No wind reading · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.8serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.7oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Mustang Island bayside / Shamrock Cove · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Rockport brief