On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, July 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

5.5OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

4 mph NE · rain · high slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 6.1oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • San Luis Pass · 5.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 5.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph NE · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.4structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.0mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief