On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, June 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

19 mph S · high slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.5oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • West Bay grass · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph SW · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.1oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief