On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, July 17. 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 — fish the wind-blown shoreline — the table is not the tide here.

Wind not in · 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

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — wait for the next incoming; they will not eat a bad presentation here.

6 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West-side mangroves · 5.8mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief