On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, November 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — slide to guts and the ship-channel edges until it moves.

Wind not in · 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

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood the west-bank ponds, then the south passes if the bulls are in.

Wind not in · incoming

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

Where

  • South Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 7.7marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Southwest Pass · 7.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Venice brief