On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, April 21. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish should be the day — the same wash — rooster faces the tide.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 7.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the East Cape brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — Nine Mile and the Badlands guts, not a wade across the flat.

Wind not in · low slack

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

Where

  • Land Cut · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Baffin Bay rocks · 7.2serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.2serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Baffin brief