On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, July 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

8.2OF 10

Day

low

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

13 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 7.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Esperanza banks · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

6.8OF 10

Day

low

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

2 mph WSW · high slack

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

Where

  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.2oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Redfish Bay grass · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
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