On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

6 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 6.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 6.2creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

9 mph WSW · high slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.2oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • West Bay grass · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief