On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, March 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph WSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.7marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 8.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

8.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph WNW · incoming

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

Where

  • South Pass · 8.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 7.8pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 7.4marsh drain on an incoming tide is a workable match.
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