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

7.3OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish are the hunt — slide to guts and the ship-channel edges until it moves. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

21 mph S · 0% rain · low slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.1oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • San Luis Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

6.6OF 10

Today

medium

Speckled trout are in the mix — look, do not grind — this water is clear and they see you. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

12 mph SE · 0% rain · high slack

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

Where

  • Land Cut · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Baffin Bay rocks · 6.1serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Nine Mile Hole · 6.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Baffin brief