On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

13 mph ESE · rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • 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.
  • Brazos Santiago Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

11 mph ESE · 22% rain · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.3mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.3mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief