On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, October 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — fish the wind-blown shoreline — the table is not the tide here.

9 mph WSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.1marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Sea of Abaco edges as they empty.

6 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 7.3creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief