On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, October 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

9.0OF 10

Day

low

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

12 mph S · 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.
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Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside banks off Garden Cove and Rodriguez Key — bones and permit, then Card Sound if you want current.

8 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 7.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
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