On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, July 30. 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.

5 mph SSE · 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 West

Lower Keys / Key West

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats.

8 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Marquesas · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief