On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

7.5OF 10

Today

medium

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

16 mph SSE · 1% rain · 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

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

8.1OF 10

Today

high

Speckled trout are the hunt — the drops off Brazos Santiago and the spoil edges.

11 mph SE · 0% rain · outgoing

-0.04 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Mansfield Cut · 8.9pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Brazos Santiago Pass · 8.2pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 8.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the LLM brief