On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, February 21. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph WNW · 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

6.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Calcasieu Lake shell, then the pass if the wind lets water in.

6 mph SSW · rain · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 6.9oyster reef on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.6pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.0pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief