On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, September 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — flood the Ascension flats off Punta Allen — bones first, permit if you earned it.

6 mph ENE · incoming

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

7.7OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout are the hunt — look, do not grind — this water is clear and they see you.

5 mph SSW · high slack

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

Where

  • Baffin Bay rocks · 7.5serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Nine Mile Hole · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.5serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Baffin brief