On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — slide to guts and the ship-channel edges until it moves.

13 mph SSW · 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

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait for a push — skinny clear water at slack is a walk.

11 mph S · high slack

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

Where

  • South Bay · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Fred Stone County Park (Port Mansfield) · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Adolph Thomae Jr. Park (Arroyo City) · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the LLM brief