On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, August 28. 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

low

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

6 mph SSE · 1% rain · 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.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

4.5OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning.

10 mph SE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.6sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 5.4wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 5.2grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief