On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, June 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

5.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the same banks as they empty; the harbor holds the tarpon.

14 mph E · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.2channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Esperanza banks · 5.5hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 5.5hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

14 mph SSW · 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