On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

6.5OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph WSW · 2% rain · high slack

-0.17 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • West Bay grass · 6.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 6.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Galveston Island SP bayside trails · 6.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

4.1OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

7 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief