On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

6.8OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph ESE · low slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 6.8oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • San Luis Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — Marquesas and Harbor Key on a clean incoming — permit country.

8 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Marquesas · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key West brief