On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.3OF 10

Day

low

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

10 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 · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

6.9OF 10

Day

low

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

14 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Esperanza banks · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief