On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, December 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.1OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · outgoing

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

Where

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

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Florida pompano are the hunt — hold for the next incoming through the jetties.

No wind reading · low slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.5structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.0mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief