On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, December 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

4.5OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — the lagoon is a look; the pass wants water. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

24 mph SE · rain · high slack

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 5.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 5.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Farquhar brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.9OF 10

Day

low

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

4 mph WSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.7marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 8.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief