On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, October 24. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

4 mph NW · high slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.5oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • West Bay grass · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the same banks as they empty; the harbor holds the tarpon.

15 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 7.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Esperanza banks · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief