On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, September 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

17 mph ENE · outgoing

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.1marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the remaining guts until the marsh dumps.

7 mph N · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 7.1pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 5.8marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief