On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.0OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — get off the skinny and sit the reefs. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

10 mph SSE · 2% rain · low slack

-0.23 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • F/V MISS TAKE · 6.9wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Aransas Pass / jetties · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Lydia Ann Channel · 6.0channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

6.6OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

1 mph NW · 2% rain · high slack

-0.16 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 6.1oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief