On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

10 mph S · outgoing

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.7marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 8.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the bridge shadow and the falling wrecks.

10 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.6wreck edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief