On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, July 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.1OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph WNW · outgoing

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

6.0OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — wait for the next flood after the shower clears.

12 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key West brief