On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 24. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

3 mph NE · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 7.8structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 7.4mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

6.8OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — slide to guts and the ship-channel edges until it moves.

9 mph SW · low slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 6.8oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • San Luis Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Galveston brief