On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, June 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — slide to guts and the ship-channel edges until it moves. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

19 mph S · low slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.1oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • San Luis Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the same flat, thinner; pick the darker single. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • West End pancakes · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East End flats · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the G. Bahama brief