On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, July 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

7.1OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 7.3creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

17 mph ENE · outgoing

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.1marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief