On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — sight-cast reds in inches on South Bay and the spoils. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

19 mph SE · incoming

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

Where

  • South Bay · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Fred Stone County Park (Port Mansfield) · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Adolph Thomae Jr. Park (Arroyo City) · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

5.9OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — the lagoon is a look; the pass wants water. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

24 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Farquhar brief