On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

4.2OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the cays breathe.

9 mph ESE · thunderstorms · low slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 4.7structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 4.4mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

7 mph ESE · 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.
Open the Galveston brief