On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, March 28. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

10 mph S · high slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.8oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Galveston Island SP bayside trails · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short.

10 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 8.1mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief