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

8.4OF 10

Today

high

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

8 mph SSE · incoming

-0.03 ft

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

Where

  • Brazos Santiago Pass · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Mansfield Cut · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • South Bay · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

4.2OF 10

Today

high

Hogfish are the hunt — run or rest — slack on this water is not a hunt. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph SE · thunderstorms · high slack

+0.31 ft

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

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 4.5sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 4.3channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel Five · 4.3channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Islamorada brief