On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.5OF 10

Today

high

Snook are the hunt — wait for a push — skinny clear water at slack is a walk.

6 mph SSE · 0% rain · high slack

-0.01 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • TX - Fred Stone County Park (Port Mansfield) · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Adolph Thomae Jr. Park (Arroyo City) · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Isla Blanca Park (South Padre) · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

6.6OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph SW · 2% rain · high slack

-0.10 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 6.1oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief