On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, December 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 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 · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph SW · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief