On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, January 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — East or West End pancakes — one fish, on foot.

8 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • West End pancakes · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East End flats · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the G. Bahama brief

Right desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — get in the remaining water; this is a sight fishery, not a drain. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

20 mph SE · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Mansfield Cut · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the LLM brief