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

6.8OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — slide to guts and the ship-channel edges until it moves. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

6 mph SW · 1% rain · low slack

-0.13 ft

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 5.7oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

6.8OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — Boca Paila and the drains; tarpon live in the darker mouths.

3 mph NNE · 13% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief