On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, October 24. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

6.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — weather decides more than Andros; wait.

7 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Current Cut · 5.7channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Eleuthera brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.7OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · outgoing

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief