On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, June 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left 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.

12 mph SE · 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

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — look, do not grind a high-slack school across the biosphere.

8 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 6.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.7hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief