On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, June 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.2OF 10

Day

low

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

14 mph SSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.4marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait; slack on the delta is a pause.

4 mph SW · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.4marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief