On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

13 mph ESE · rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Brazos Santiago Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

13 mph E · rain · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.4wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.0channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief