On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, December 23. 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 — fish the wind-blown shoreline — the table is not the tide here.

15 mph SSE · outgoing

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 9.0marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

texas · Matagorda

Matagorda Bay

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait; this bay does not refresh itself.

12 mph SSE · high slack

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

Where

  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Pringle Lake (boat-in via POC) · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Pringle Lake / Matagorda Island backlakes · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Matagorda brief