On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, February 5. 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

medium

Redfish should be the day — the drops off Brazos Santiago and the spoil edges. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

19 mph SE · outgoing

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

Where

  • Mansfield Cut · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • 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.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — bayside basins until Vaca water turns.

12 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.4channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.1wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief