On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

19 mph SSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.0pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 9.0marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.0pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.5OF 10

Day

low

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

13 mph SSE · high slack

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

Where

  • South Bay · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Fred Stone County Park (Port Mansfield) · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Adolph Thomae Jr. Park (Arroyo City) · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
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