On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next inch — this bay empties.

9 mph E · low slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.0hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

9.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sight-cast reds in inches on South Bay and the spoils. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

18 mph SE · incoming

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

Where

  • South Bay · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Fred Stone County Park (Port Mansfield) · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Adolph Thomae Jr. Park (Arroyo City) · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the LLM brief