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

-0.03 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.
  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

4.6OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — the bridge shadow and the falling wrecks. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph SE · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.31 ft

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

Where

  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.5channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.9sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief