On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, February 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.7OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph WNW · low slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.7oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait for the next dump off the marsh.

7 mph ESE · low slack

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 6.4pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 5.8marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief