On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.8OF 10

Today

medium

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

7 mph SW · 2% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • West Bay grass · 7.1grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 7.1grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Galveston Island SP bayside trails · 7.1grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

texas · Matagorda

Matagorda Bay

7.9OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — work East Matagorda reefs and the ICW exchange — there is almost no Gulf inlet. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

10 mph SSW · 1% rain · incoming

-0.25 ft

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

Where

  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Pringle Lake (boat-in via POC) · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Pringle Lake / Matagorda Island backlakes · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Matagorda brief