On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, October 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Esperanza and Culebra banks — bones and permit, not a San Juan tarpon sentence.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.8channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in.

8 mph ESE · incoming

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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