On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, February 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.4OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · 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

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

10 mph SE · low slack

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

Where

  • $10 Matagorda Co. permit, 72-hr camping. Big-red · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • $10 Matagorda Co. permit, 72-hr camping. Rough, eroding, emp · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Port O'Connor jetties · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Matagorda brief