On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.0OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — fish the wind-blown shoreline — the table is not the tide here. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

8 mph S · 1% rain · outgoing

-0.23 ft

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.3pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.3pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • San Luis Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

4.7OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — the Cameron jetties and the pass — fall flounder water before the LDWF close.

9 mph SW · thunderstorms · outgoing

-0.28 ft

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 5.4oyster reef on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.2pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief