On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

8.3OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph E · outgoing

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

Where

  • Mansfield Cut · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 8.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 8.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

3.9OF 10

Day

low

Snook are in the mix — flood the mangrove cays — snook first, a tarpon in the darker mouths.

7 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 4.5structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 4.2mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief