On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

15 mph S · high slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 8.1oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Galveston Island SP bayside trails · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 8.1grass 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.

11 mph SSE · outgoing

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

Where

  • Port O'Connor jetties · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Mitchells Cut · 9.0channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Matagorda Ship Channel · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Matagorda brief