On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

8 mph E · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

7 mph SW · 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