On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, September 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

6.3OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next inch — this bay empties.

5 mph NE · low slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout are the hunt — Nine Mile and the Badlands guts, not a wade across the flat.

5 mph SSW · low slack

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

Where

  • Land Cut · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Baffin Bay rocks · 7.2serpulid reef 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.
Open the Baffin brief