On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, July 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning.

6 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.9wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

7 mph SW · outgoing

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief