On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, May 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Snook should be the day — the village run is legal; the trees want current.

9 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 7.1structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.6mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.7OF 10

Day

low

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

14 mph SE · 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