On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, January 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

3 mph S · outgoing

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

Where

  • Mansfield Cut · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 8.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 8.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

5.6OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

9 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.7pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.7structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.3mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief