On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph SSW · high slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.2oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • West Bay grass · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.0OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — do not grind a Key Largo slack — the park traffic already did.

8 mph ENE · high slack

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 5.7channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key Largo brief