Speckled trout are in the mix — look, do not grind — this water is clear and they see you. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

Where

• Land Cut

  channel gut · public structure · deep

  6.4

  Deep cut through the Laguna. Winter and heat refuge. Current seams.

  • — channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • — Water is hot — deeper guts, passes, and shade hold oxygen and fish.
  skiffspinfly

• Baffin Bay rocks

  serpulid reef · field manual · mid

  6.1

  Serpulid rock — unique on this coast. Trophy trout water. King's Inn is the fried-shrimp shrine at Loyola Beach, not a waypoint.

  • — serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  skiffflyspin

• Nine Mile Hole

  grass flat · field manual · skinny

  6.1

  Named water. Sight if the wind lays down. Do not treat it like a Rockport drain.

  • — grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  skiffflyspin

• TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch

  serpulid reef · saved map · skinny

  6.1

  Shamrock Cove reds year-round. · flats · GULF ATLAS! - FISH

  • — serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  skiffkayakwadeflyspin

• TX - Bird Island Basin (PINS)

  grass flat · saved map · mid

  6.1

  Camp ON the Upper Laguna flats. Kayak launch on site. · flats · GULF ATLAS! - FISH

  • — grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  skiffkayakwadeflyspin

• TX - Kaufer-Hubert Park (Baffin doorway)

  serpulid reef · saved map · mid

  6.1

  County camping + ramp on Cayo del Grullo. Trophy trout; mind the rocks. · flats · GULF ATLAS! - FISH

  • — serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  skiffkayakwadeflyspin