On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, December 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.8OF 10

Day

low

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

12 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.0channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 7.0channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.4OF 10

Day

low

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

14 mph SE · outgoing

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 9.0marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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