On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

18 mph S · incoming

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

Where

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

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout are the hunt — sit Caminada until it turns.

9 mph SSW · low slack

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 7.0mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief