On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, February 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

15 mph SSE · low slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.7oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief