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Galveston
Wind is the tide
Redfish are the hunt — fish the wind-blown shoreline — the table is not the tide here. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.
Same heat, slightly shorter days. Trout still deep. Reds on the first moving water. Flounder are a September story — do not force them.
- Water.
- 6 mph S · 0% rain · 91°F water
- Tide.
- outgoing · -0.2 ft vs the table
- Moon.
- Waxing gibbous · mid
- Window.
- Outgoing water — Moving water in the right part of the day.
5.2Redfish5.2Speckled trout
— Tide is outgoing from NOAA.
— Observed water is close to the astronomical prediction — the table is telling the truth today.
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Venice
River is the tide
Redfish should be the day — flood the west-bank ponds, then the south passes if the bulls are in.
Same heat. Venice tarpon thinning. Reds on the first moving water. Flounder are an October story here.
- Water.
- 2 mph E · thunderstorms
- Tide.
- incoming · -0.7 ft vs the table
- Moon.
- Waxing gibbous · mid
- Window.
- Incoming water — Moving water in the right part of the day.
6.6Redfish6.6Speckled trout6.6Tarpon
— Tide is incoming from NOAA.
— On this coast the wind often outruns the printed tide. Observed water is -0.66 ft versus the prediction.
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Islamorada
Educated fish, short windows
Permit are the hunt — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.
Snook still closed — Boca through September, Jupiter through August. Bones at first light. Thunder by two.
- Water.
- 4 mph E · thunderstorms · 93°F water
- Tide.
- incoming · +0.5 ft vs the table
- Moon.
- Waxing gibbous · mid
- Window.
- Incoming water — Moving water in the right part of the day.
5.2Tarpon5.2Permit
— Tide is incoming from NOAA.
— The gauge is +0.45 ft off the predicted table — read the water, not just the printout.
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Andros
Bonefish country
Permit should be the day — west-side white sand — schools, then the double-digit singles.
Summer pattern holds. Smaller packs, honest shots, west-side permit if it lays down. Fly in the morning. Shade at noon.
- Water.
- 4 mph E · 0% rain
- Tide.
- incoming
- Moon.
- Waxing gibbous · mid
- Window.
- Incoming water — Moving water in the right part of the day.
6.6Tarpon6.6Permit
— Tide is incoming (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
— Clear · 0%. Sky is workable.
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Ascension
Two oceans
Permit should be the day — flood the Ascension flats off Punta Allen — bones first, permit if you earned it.
Same heat. Gordo if the water is right. Ascension at dawn. Sail are a winter story.
- Water.
- 4 mph ENE · 0% rain
- Tide.
- incoming
- Moon.
- Waxing gibbous · mid
- Window.
- Incoming water — Moving water in the right part of the day.
6.6Tarpon6.6Permit
— Tide is incoming (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
— Overcast. Clouds steal the window on bones and permit.
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San Juan
Urban tarpon, then the drop
Tarpon should be the day — the same harbor throats as they dump.
Same heat. Parguera trees at first light. The north drop if a storm missed you.
- Water.
- 10 mph E · 0% rain · 86°F water
- Tide.
- outgoing · +0.7 ft vs the table
- Moon.
- Waxing gibbous · mid
- Window.
- Outgoing water — Moving water in the right part of the day.
8.2Tarpon6.5Snook
— Tide is outgoing from NOAA.
— The gauge is +0.72 ft off the predicted table — read the water, not just the printout.
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Alphonse
GT country
Giant trevally should be the day — flood St François and the lagoon — bones first, then a GT on the rim. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.
Still the windy half. Plan Mahé or wait for October.
- Water.
- 22 mph SE · 9% rain
- Tide.
- incoming
- Moon.
- Waxing gibbous · mid
- Window.
- Incoming water — Moving water in the right part of the day.
6.6Permit6.6Giant trevally
— Tide is incoming (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
— Overcast. Clouds steal the window on bones and permit.
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