On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon are in the mix — the same harbor throats as they dump.

12 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Condado Lagoon · 6.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • San Juan Bay · 6.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the San Juan brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.2OF 10

Day

low

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

16 mph SSE · outgoing

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 9.0marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief