On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, January 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout are the hunt — look, do not grind — this water is clear and they see you.

14 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

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — Current Cut and the east-side ocean flats — permit first, bones second.

8 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Current Cut · 6.1channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief