On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — pole the remaining water; slack here is short.

9 mph SSE · high slack

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

Where

  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.8oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Pringle Lake (boat-in via POC) · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

7 mph NNE · high slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 8.1oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Galveston Island SP bayside trails · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief