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

4.8OF 10

Today

medium

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

5 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.9sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 5.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 5.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.8OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

7 mph SW · 3% rain · incoming

-0.10 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.0pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.0pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • San Luis Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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