On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge.

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • St François flats · 7.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 7.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph SW · 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