On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

4.5OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next inch — this bay empties.

1 mph SSE · rain · low slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 5.6sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 4.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

4.5OF 10

Day

low

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

12 mph SSW · thunderstorms · outgoing

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 5.7marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief