On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

4.7OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

5 mph SE · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.31 ft

Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

Where

  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.5channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 6.5channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Indian Key Channel · 6.5channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.2OF 10

Today

medium

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

3 mph N · 2% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief