On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, January 1. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in.

8 mph N · incoming

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

Where

  • TX - Galveston Island SP bayside trails · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Christmas Bay · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston Island SP - Carancahua Cove trails · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

texas · Matagorda

Matagorda Bay

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph SSW · low slack

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

Where

  • $10 Matagorda Co. permit, 72-hr camping. Big-red · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • $10 Matagorda Co. permit, 72-hr camping. Rough, eroding, emp · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Port O'Connor jetties · 7.1pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Matagorda brief