On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, August 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.2OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · high slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.5oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • West Bay grass · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

4.0OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout are the hunt — the surf and the park pier still fish; the bay wants current.

5 mph N · thunderstorms · high slack

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 4.5pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 4.5sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 4.5sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief