On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.7OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — fish the wind-blown shoreline — the table is not the tide here. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

9 mph NW · 4% rain · outgoing

-0.20 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.3pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.3pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • San Luis Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

texas · Matagorda

Matagorda Bay

8.1OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — work East Matagorda reefs and the ICW exchange — there is almost no Gulf inlet.

9 mph WSW · 3% rain · incoming

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

Where

  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 8.4grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Pringle Lake (boat-in via POC) · 8.4grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Pringle Lake / Matagorda Island backlakes · 8.4grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Matagorda brief