On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 15. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.1OF 10

Day

low

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

7 mph W · outgoing

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — Condado and the bay — urban tarpon, then the north drop if you switched to Offshore.

13 mph E · incoming

Where

  • San Juan Bay · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Condado Lagoon · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the San Juan brief