On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, December 6. 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 are the hunt — get in the remaining water; this is a sight fishery, not a drain.

10 mph S · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Mansfield Cut · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

2 mph NNE · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 6.7structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.3mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief