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

8.5OF 10

Today

medium

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

7 mph W · 2% rain · incoming

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

Where

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

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

3.7OF 10

Today

high

Fish are in the mix — sit Caminada until it turns. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

9 mph N · thunderstorms · low slack

-0.31 ft

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

Where

    Open the Grand Isle brief