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.

17 mph ENE · 1% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Follets Island CR 257 (free camping) · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Peninsula beach - drivable/campable · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

4.4OF 10

Today

high

Speckled trout are the hunt — Caminada and the island backside as they empty. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

8 mph W · thunderstorms · outgoing

-0.33 ft

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 5.5pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 5.0sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 5.0sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief