On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, April 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

5.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next inch on the south side.

13 mph E · rain · low slack

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 5.4channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Esperanza banks · 4.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Culebra banks · 4.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Vieques brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.9OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · outgoing

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

Where

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