On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, May 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in.

8 mph ESE · incoming

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the flood; these fish have seen the catalog.

10 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 6.4mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key Largo brief