On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

3.6OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — sit the remaining guts until the cays breathe.

6 mph ESE · thunderstorms · low slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 3.7structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 3.4mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.8OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph NW · incoming

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 8.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Bolivar Peninsula west end / North Jetty · 8.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief