On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

6.6OF 10

Today

medium

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.

12 mph ESE · 2% rain · high slack

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

Where

  • Land Cut · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Baffin Bay rocks · 6.1serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Bird Island Basin (PINS) · 6.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Baffin brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

6.2OF 10

Today

medium

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

9 mph E · rain · low slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 6.4sand 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