On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, March 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the creek mouths and the bights; tarpon live in the darker water.

6 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 8.0creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

9.0OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — fish the wind-blown shoreline — the table is not the tide here.

2 mph S · outgoing

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 9.0marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief