On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, October 15. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.5OF 10

Day

medium

Snook should be the day — flood the mangrove cays — snook first, a tarpon in the darker mouths.

11 mph ESE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 6.6structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — get off the skinny and sit the reefs.

8 mph SSE · low slack

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

Where

  • Lydia Ann Channel · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.2serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.1oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief