On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, September 1. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

5.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph S · thunderstorms · outgoing

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 5.7marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

5.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.5pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.5structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief