On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, July 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

14 mph SSW · high slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.2oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • West Bay grass · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

5.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the Esperanza and Culebra banks — bones and permit, not a San Juan tarpon sentence.

13 mph E · rain · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 5.5channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief