On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, January 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

14 mph S · outgoing

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

Where

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

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

6.8OF 10

Day

low

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

2 mph WNW · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief