On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — slide to guts and the ship-channel edges until it moves.

5 mph ESE · low slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 6.8oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • San Luis Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later.

9 mph NNW · incoming

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 7.8pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.4sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 7.4marsh drain on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief