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

6.8OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — slide to guts and the ship-channel edges until it moves. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

7 mph SW · 2% rain · low slack

-0.09 ft

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 5.7oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

texas · Matagorda

Matagorda Bay

8.3OF 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

-0.22 ft

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

Where

  • Port O'Connor jetties · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Matagorda Ship Channel · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Matagorda brief