On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

6.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph WSW · 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

mexico · La Paz

La Paz / Espíritu Santo

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish should be the day — the same island edges as they fall.

7 mph S · outgoing

Where

  • Espíritu Santo · 7.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the La Paz brief