On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, April 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

9.0OF 10

Day

low

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

2 mph S · outgoing

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 9.0marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — hold for the next push through the lagoon.

16 mph ENE · low slack

Where

  • Condado Lagoon · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • San Juan Bay · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the San Juan brief