On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.3OF 10

Day

low

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

7 mph N · outgoing

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 9.0marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

9 mph S · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief