On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 24. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

6.8OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — slide to guts and the ship-channel edges until it moves.

9 mph SW · low slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 6.8oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • San Luis Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

5.2OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — Current Cut and the east-side ocean flats — permit first, bones second. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

25 mph NE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Current Cut · 5.5channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief