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

7.6OF 10

Today

high

Mangrove / gray snapper should be the day — get in the remaining water; this is a sight fishery, not a drain.

6 mph SSE · 0% rain · low slack

-0.02 ft

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

Where

  • Brazos Santiago Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Mansfield Cut · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 6.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

4.3OF 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 SE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.38 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