On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, September 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks off Garden Cove and Rodriguez Key — bones and permit, then Card Sound if you want current.

5 mph ENE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Blackwater Sound · 7.1mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 7.0channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 7.0channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

16 mph S · 23% rain · high slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.5oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • West Bay grass · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
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