On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, January 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the drops off Brazos Santiago and the spoil edges. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

19 mph SE · outgoing

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • Mansfield Cut · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

5.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Sea of Abaco edges as they empty.

13 mph W · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 6.1creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 6.0sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 5.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief