On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, September 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 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 · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

4.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next inch on the south side.

16 mph E · thunderstorms · low slack

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 4.5channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Esperanza banks · 3.8hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Culebra banks · 3.8hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Vieques brief