On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — look, do not grind — this water is clear and they see you.

11 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

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

29 mph E · rain · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.7mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.7mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 4.4grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief