On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, January 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the drops off Brazos Santiago and the spoil edges. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

19 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

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the lagoon sand, then the passes if the GT are up. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

24 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Farquhar brief