On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, January 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

19 mph SSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 9.0marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

4.5OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump.

4 mph SW · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.4structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief