On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, April 15. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — 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

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

7 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief