On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, June 11. 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.

15 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

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — mid-bay shell and the channel until current starts.

12 mph SSE · low slack

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

Where

  • Mitchells Cut · 8.0channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • $10 Matagorda Co. permit, 72-hr camping. Big-red · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • $10 Matagorda Co. permit, 72-hr camping. Rough, eroding, emp · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Matagorda brief