On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sight-cast reds in inches on South Bay and the spoils.

12 mph SSE · incoming

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

Where

  • South Bay · 8.4grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Fred Stone County Park (Port Mansfield) · 8.4grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Adolph Thomae Jr. Park (Arroyo City) · 8.4grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

14 mph E · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief