On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, August 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

5.9OF 10

Day

low

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

10 mph SE · high slack

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • Baffin Bay rocks · 7.2serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Kaufer-Hubert Park (Baffin doorway) · 7.2serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Baffin Bay - TROPHY TROUT, MIND THE ROCKS · 7.2serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Baffin brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon are the hunt — hold for the next push through the lagoon.

16 mph ENE · low slack

Where

  • Condado Lagoon · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • San Juan Bay · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the San Juan brief