On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

8.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

11 mph SSW · 0% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Brazos Santiago Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

4.5OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

10 mph SE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.6sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief