On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, October 4. 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 ESE · 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

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next flood after the shower clears.

7 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 6.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 6.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 6.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key West brief