On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, May 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.7OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · 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

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.9OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 9.0mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 9.0mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Snake Bight · 7.1grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief