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

8.2OF 10

Today

high

Red snapper are the hunt — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

7 mph SW · 3% rain · incoming

-0.06 ft

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

Where

  • Flower Garden Banks · 10.0blue water on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

8.0OF 10

Today

medium

Tuna (blackfin / yellowfin) should be the day — the same reef edges, then the drop if you came to troll. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

18 mph SSE · 0% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Mahé edge · 9.1blue water on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Mahé brief