On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 13. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — slide to guts and the ship-channel edges until it moves.

12 mph WNW · low slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.4oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 7.1pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 7.1pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take.

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 7.0channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 7.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 7.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key Largo brief