On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, July 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the drops off Brazos Santiago and the spoil edges. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

19 mph SE · outgoing

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

Where

  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Brazos Santiago Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

17 mph ENE · high slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.2oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • West Bay grass · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief