On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, May 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — slide to guts and the ship-channel edges until it moves. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

19 mph S · 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

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

9.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — flood the Ascension flats off Punta Allen — bones first, permit if you earned it.

1 mph NNE · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 9.0hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 8.3sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief