On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, December 24. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph WSW · high slack

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 6.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 6.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • TX - Bolivar Peninsula west end / North Jetty · 6.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

texas · Matagorda

Matagorda Bay

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

4 mph SSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Port O'Connor jetties · 8.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Matagorda Ship Channel · 8.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Matagorda Beach / Jetty Park FM 2031 · 8.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Matagorda brief