On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, December 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait for a push — skinny clear water at slack is a walk.

18 mph SE · high slack

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

Where

  • South Bay · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Fred Stone County Park (Port Mansfield) · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Adolph Thomae Jr. Park (Arroyo City) · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

8 mph W · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.4grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief