On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

19 mph SSW · 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

4.4OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

4 mph SW · rain · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.4structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.1mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief