On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, June 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Snook should be the day — flood the mangrove cays — snook first, a tarpon in the darker mouths.

2 mph NNE · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 8.1structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 7.7mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

20 mph S · outgoing

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

Where

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