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

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

6.4OF 10

Today

high

Mahi-mahi are the hunt — wait — slack on a border estuary is a pause, not a hunt. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

11 mph SW · 2% rain · high slack

+0.04 ft

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

Where

    Open the Sabine brief