On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, May 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes.

9 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.0mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.0mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 6.2grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

7 mph SSE · high slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.5oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • West Bay grass · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief