On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, June 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — slide to guts and the ship-channel edges until it moves.

7 mph NNE · low slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.1oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • San Luis Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

8.7OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

12 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief