On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, April 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the same banks as they empty; the harbor holds the tarpon.

14 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 7.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Esperanza banks · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

11 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.
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