On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — flood the Ascension flats off Punta Allen — bones first, permit if you earned it.

7 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 6.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — slide to guts and the ship-channel edges until it moves.

6 mph E · low slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.4oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 7.1pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 7.1pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Galveston brief