On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, May 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast.

17 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in.

7 mph NNE · incoming

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

Where

  • West Bay grass · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Christmas Bay · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Galveston Island SP bayside trails · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief