On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — slide to guts and the ship-channel edges until it moves.

5 mph NW · low slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.4oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 7.1pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 7.1pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph SE · outgoing

Where

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