On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in.

5 mph N · incoming

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

Where

  • TX - Galveston Island SP bayside trails · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Christmas Bay · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston Island SP - Carancahua Cove trails · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.8OF 10

Day

low

Florida pompano are the hunt — wait; slack here is traffic.

14 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.7structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief