On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, May 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

9.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sight-cast reds in inches on South Bay and the spoils.

14 mph ESE · incoming

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

Where

  • LLM mecca. Fred Stone County Park = camping + kayak launch o · 9.0grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 8.3sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 8.3sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

7.7OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — look, do not grind — this water is clear and they see you.

14 mph ESE · high slack

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • TX - PINS South Beach miles 0-5 · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • TX - PINS Bird Island Basin · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Baffin brief