On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph W · 6% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

texas · Matagorda

Matagorda Bay

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

7 mph SSW · 5% rain · low slack

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

Where

  • Mitchells Cut · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • East Matagorda mid-bay reefs · 7.1oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • $10 Matagorda Co. permit, 72-hr camping. Big-red · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Matagorda brief