On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, May 28. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

8.5OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish should be the day — the same wash — rooster faces the tide.

9 mph NE · outgoing

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 7.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the East Cape brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — slide to guts and the ship-channel edges until it moves.

7 mph ESE · low slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 6.8oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • San Luis Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Galveston brief