On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, June 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

9 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 5.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

7 mph N · incoming

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

Where

  • West Bay grass · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Christmas Bay · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Galveston Island SP bayside trails · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief