On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

7.4OF 10

Day

low

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

10 mph SSE · 8% 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

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Snook should be the day — flood the mangrove cays — snook first, a tarpon in the darker mouths.

5 mph E · 0% rain · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 8.1structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 7.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief