On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 30. 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 SSW · 4% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

5.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — weather decides more than Andros; wait.

17 mph E · rain · high slack

Where

  • Current Cut · 5.5channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief