On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, February 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — run or rest — slack on this water is not a hunt.

5 mph ENE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.4OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · incoming

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

Where

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