On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, October 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — Nine Mile and the Badlands guts, not a wade across the flat.

7 mph S · 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

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — Boca Paila and the drains; tarpon live in the darker mouths.

2 mph NNE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 8.3hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief