On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, February 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook.

10 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in.

10 mph S · incoming

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Bolivar Peninsula west end / North Jetty · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief