On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, February 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — get in the remaining water; this is a sight fishery, not a drain. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

19 mph SE · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Mansfield Cut · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

6.8OF 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.

22 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