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Sunday, August 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

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

10 mph SW · high slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.5oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • West Bay grass · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

SabineGalvestonMatagordaRockportCorpusBaffinLLMVeniceGrand IsleCalcasieuBiscayneKey LargoIslamoradaFlamingoMarathonKey WestBoca GrandeJupiterAndrosAbacoG. BahamaEleutheraAscensionMujeresEast CapeLa PazSan JuanViequesPargueraAlphonseFarquharMahé

bahamas · Andros

Andros

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the creek mouths and the bights; tarpon live in the darker water.

1 mph NNE · outgoing

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 7.5creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief