On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, December 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait for a push — skinny clear water at slack is a walk.

Wind not in · high slack

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

Where

  • South Bay · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Fred Stone County Park (Port Mansfield) · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Adolph Thomae Jr. Park (Arroyo City) · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot.

7 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 6.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief