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

8.7OF 10

Today

medium

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

7 mph SW · 2% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • Flower Garden Banks · 9.4blue water on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

6.7OF 10

Today

high

Mahi-mahi should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

5 mph SE · 2% rain · incoming

Where

    Open the Boca Grande brief