On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, September 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

4 mph ESE · 35% rain · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 8.1channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 8.1channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.8OF 10

Day

low

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

15 mph S · rain · incoming

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 7.6pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 7.6pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 7.6pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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