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

Where

• East Bay reefs / Hanna's

  oyster reef · field manual · mid

  7.1

  Home-water trout and winter mixed schools. Shell next to mud. Do not invent a Tuesday — this is the bay.

  • — oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • — In-play: Speckled trout, Redfish.
  skiffwadeflyspin

• San Luis Pass

  pass jetty · public structure · mid

  6.8

  NOAA 8771972. Real current. Wade the bars on a moving tide; respect the rip. GNIS hydro layer does not carry this name — the gauge is the official clock.

  • — pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
  wadeskiffspinflystructure

• Galveston North Jetty

  pass jetty · public structure · deep

  6.8

  Winter sheep on granite. Fall bulls. Midday tide on the rocks.

  • — pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
  structurespinfly

• Bolivar Roads Channel

  pass jetty · public structure · deep

  6.8

  USGS GNIS 1384775. The ship-channel throat between Galveston and Bolivar. Current over granite. Not a wade.

  USGS GNIS 1384775

  • — pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
  structureskiffspinfly

• TX - Bolivar Peninsula west end / North Jetty

  pass jetty · saved map · mid

  6.8

  $10 annual sticker, camp anywhere. Wide sand near Rettilon Rd; walk to North Jetty. · camp-surf · GULF ATLAS! - FISH

  • — pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
  structureskiffspinfly

• TX - Follets Island CR 257 (free camping)

  pass jetty · saved map · mid

  6.8

  Free, no permit, 14-day max. Fish San Luis Pass gulf-side at dawn. · camp-surf · GULF ATLAS! - FISH

  • — pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
  structurespinwade