On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, August 28. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

14 mph SW · 29% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

4.3OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

3 mph SE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.0pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.0structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 4.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief