On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, November 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — slide to guts and the ship-channel edges until it moves.

8 mph N · low slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.7oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

texas · Matagorda

Matagorda Bay

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wait; this bay does not refresh itself.

8 mph SSW · high slack

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

Where

  • East Matagorda mid-bay reefs · 7.2oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Pringle Lake (boat-in via POC) · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Matagorda brief