On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, December 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

10 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 5.5structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 5.0mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

13 mph SE · 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