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

7.1OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — sight-cast reds in inches on South Bay and the spoils.

8 mph SSE · 0% rain · incoming

-0.05 ft

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

Where

  • Brazos Santiago Pass · 9.0pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Mansfield Cut · 9.0pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.2OF 10

Today

medium

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

13 mph SSW · 1% rain · outgoing

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

Where

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