On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

4.1OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

2 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.39 ft

Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.6sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.5OF 10

Today

high

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

5 mph SSE · 0% rain · high slack

+0.03 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • LLM mecca. Fred Stone County Park = camping + kayak launch o · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Brazos Santiago Pass · 7.1pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the LLM brief