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

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Left desk

SabineGalvestonMatagordaRockportCorpusBaffinLLMVeniceGrand IsleCalcasieuBiscayneKey LargoIslamoradaFlamingoMarathonKey WestBoca GrandeJupiterAndrosAbacoG. BahamaEleutheraAscensionMujeresEast CapeLa PazSan JuanViequesPargueraAlphonseFarquharMahé

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

19 mph S · outgoing

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.4marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

SabineGalvestonMatagordaRockportCorpusBaffinLLMVeniceGrand IsleCalcasieuBiscayneKey LargoIslamoradaFlamingoMarathonKey WestBoca GrandeJupiterAndrosAbacoG. BahamaEleutheraAscensionMujeresEast CapeLa PazSan JuanViequesPargueraAlphonseFarquharMahé

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

5.6OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — flood St François and the lagoon — bones first, then a GT on the rim.

18 mph SE · rain · incoming

Where

  • St François flats · 6.5hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 6.1hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Alphonse brief