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

8.4OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — sight-cast reds in inches on South Bay and the spoils.

8 mph SSE · 0% rain · incoming

-0.11 ft

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

Where

  • Brazos Santiago Pass · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Mansfield Cut · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • South Bay · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

6.6OF 10

Today

medium

Speckled trout are in the mix — look, do not grind — this water is clear and they see you. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

12 mph SE · 0% rain · high slack

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

Where

  • Land Cut · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Baffin Bay rocks · 6.1serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Nine Mile Hole · 6.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Baffin brief