On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, April 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

8.0OF 10

Day

low

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

18 mph ESE · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • South Bay · 6.8grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — run or rest — slack on this water is not a hunt.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief