On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

8.8OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the drops off Brazos Santiago and the spoil edges.

13 mph ESE · outgoing

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

Where

  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Brazos Santiago Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short.

16 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 8.1mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief