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

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.8OF 10

Today

high

Mangrove / gray snapper should be the day — wait for a push — skinny clear water at slack is a walk.

5 mph SSE · 0% rain · high slack

+0.02 ft

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

Where

  • TX - Fred Stone County Park (Port Mansfield) · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Adolph Thomae Jr. Park (Arroyo City) · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Isla Blanca Park (South Padre) · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

4.3OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — Marquesas and Harbor Key on a clean incoming — permit country. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

6 mph SE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.20 ft

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

Where

  • Marquesas · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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