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

7.1OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — sight-cast reds in inches on South Bay and the spoils.

7 mph SSE · 0% rain · incoming

-0.04 ft

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

Where

  • Brazos Santiago Pass · 9.0pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Mansfield Cut · 9.0pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • South Bay · 7.9grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

4.5OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the same banks as they empty; the harbor holds the tarpon.

16 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 5.2channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Esperanza banks · 4.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 4.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
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