On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, February 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph ESE · outgoing

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.7marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 8.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — lake guts and the ship-channel edges until it turns.

9 mph SE · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.4oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief