On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, January 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.0OF 10

Day

low

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

15 mph S · outgoing

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.7marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 8.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

5.3OF 10

Day

low

Snook are in the mix — hold for the next incoming through the jetties.

9 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.3structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.2pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 4.9mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief