On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

5.3OF 10

Today

medium

Mahi-mahi should be the day — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot.

5 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Islamorada Hump · 6.4blue water on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.6OF 10

Today

medium

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

13 mph SSW · 1% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • Flower Garden Banks · 9.4blue water on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief