On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, January 15. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

4 mph SSE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 6.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.3OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph N · incoming

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

Where

  • TX - Galveston Island SP bayside trails · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Christmas Bay · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston Island SP - Carancahua Cove trails · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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