On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, July 15. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes.

2 mph SSW · rain · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.2mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.2mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 4.0hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait for a push — skinny clear water at slack is a walk.

8 mph SSE · high slack

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

Where

  • South Bay · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Fred Stone County Park (Port Mansfield) · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Adolph Thomae Jr. Park (Arroyo City) · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the LLM brief