On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.2OF 10

Day

low

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

12 mph S · rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 7.8pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 7.8marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

4.5OF 10

Day

low

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

10 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Marquesas · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key West brief