On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, December 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

8.2OF 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.

20 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

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — flood the Ascension flats off Punta Allen — bones first, permit if you earned it.

9 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief