On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, July 21. 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.

10 mph SSW · 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

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — wait; slack here is traffic.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.4structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief