On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

8.4OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — the drops off Brazos Santiago and the spoil edges.

15 mph SE · 0% rain · outgoing

-0.09 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Brazos Santiago Pass · 9.6pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Mansfield Cut · 9.6pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

4.3OF 10

Today

medium

Permit are the hunt — run or rest — slack on this water is not a hunt.

10 mph E · thunderstorms · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 4.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 4.5channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel Five · 4.5channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
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