On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, August 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

6.8OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

2 mph WSW · high slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.2oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • West Bay grass · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next incoming; they will not eat a bad presentation here.

9 mph E · 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