On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, May 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — sit the remaining Marls guts.

7 mph ENE · low slack

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 6.3hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 5.9creek bight on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

19 mph SSW · high slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.5oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • West Bay grass · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief