On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.9OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · outgoing

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.0pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.0pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Bolivar Peninsula west end / North Jetty · 9.0pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

texas · Matagorda

Matagorda Bay

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — wait; this bay does not refresh itself.

No wind reading · high slack

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

Where

  • Port O'Connor jetties · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Matagorda Ship Channel · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • $10 Matagorda Co. permit, 72-hr camping. Big-red · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Matagorda brief