On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.1OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph E · outgoing

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.7marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 8.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

5.3OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

12 mph SW · rain · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.0pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.6grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.6sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief