On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, December 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph N · outgoing

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 9.0marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.3OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 6.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief