On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, July 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — get in the remaining water; this is a sight fishery, not a drain.

9 mph SSW · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • South Bay · 6.8grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 8.1channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 7.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 7.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief