On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 1. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph S · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • South Bay · 6.8grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

5.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next inch on the south side.

14 mph E · low slack

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.4channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Esperanza banks · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Culebra banks · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Vieques brief