On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats.

9 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Marquesas · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.6OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph N · 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.
Open the Galveston brief