On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, December 23. 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.

13 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 · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

6.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats.

9 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Marquesas · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief