On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, September 25. 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.

7 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

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short.

11 mph NW · outgoing

Where

  • West-side mangroves · 8.1mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.1channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief