On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, May 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

9 mph SSE · 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

texas · Matagorda

Matagorda Bay

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — Mitchell's Cut and the ship-channel side do the exchanging.

12 mph S · outgoing

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

Where

  • Mitchells Cut · 9.0channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Matagorda Beach / Jetty Park FM 2031 · 9.0pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - East Matagorda Bay (Matagorda Harbor) · 9.0pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Matagorda brief