On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, May 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.7OF 10

Day

low

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

2 mph S · outgoing

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

Where

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

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next inch — this bay empties.

9 mph E · low slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.0hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief