On This Water

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Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Matagorda

Matagorda Bay

8.3OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — Mitchell's Cut and the ship-channel side do the exchanging.

7 mph S · 2% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • TX - East Matagorda Bay (Matagorda Harbor) · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • East Matagorda Bay - THE DRIFT BAY · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Colorado River delta · 7.9river delta on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Matagorda brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.6OF 10

Today

medium

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

Wind not in · outgoing

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

Where

  • West Bay grass · 7.1grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 7.1grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Galveston Island SP bayside trails · 7.1grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief