On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, January 13. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — get in the remaining water; this is a sight fishery, not a drain. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

19 mph SE · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Mansfield Cut · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

5.2OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

13 mph W · rain · incoming

Where

  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 5.8creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 5.6hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 5.6hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief