Redfish
Sciaenops ocellatus
Thermal window
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Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Louisiana: 4/day, 18–27 in slot. None over 27. No harvest in federal waters. Charter captain/crew bag is zero. Verify LDWF.
Louisiana · Venice / Birdfoot
Redfish should be the day — the birdfoot drains and the pass edges — wind and river stage are the tide.
The Mississippi birdfoot. Passes, ponds, and river-marsh. Bull reds in the passes, school reds and trout in the ponds. Tarpon in mid-summer on the beach and the south passes. NOAA 8760721 Pilottown is the clock. Wind and river stage move more water than the printed tide.
- Tide · modeled — NOAA 8760721 quiet
- NDBC BURL1 · witness
- Salinity · bay well
- River · USGS 07374525
- K. brevis · background
- Sargassum · background
- Water temp quiet
Today
medium confidence
Morning line
Venice 8.6 this morning. 5 mph NW. Mostly Clear · 5%. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
outgoing · 0.26 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.
Wind
NWS · NDBC BURL1
From NW
Sky
5% rain
Clear
Mostly Clear · 5%
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
97% lit
Waxing gibbous
spring range · 97%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 0.7 ft
outgoing
0.26 ft modeled
Coast
NOAA NCCOS · NOAA SIR / USF SaWS · USGS
K. brevis
see NOAA
Louisiana has no FWC-style daily K. brevis grid. NOAA NCCOS gulf forecast is the cite.
NOAA NCCOS
Sargassum
no pixel
No clear USF AFAI pixel near this coast today (cloud or glint). NOAA SIR is a 50–100 km inundation risk — not weed at this GPS.
NOAA SIR · USF SaWS
Salinity / color
15 ppt · bay
Black Bay nr Snake Island nr Pointe-A-La-Hache, LA
USGS 07374526
River
USGS 07374525
355,000 cfs
Mississippi River at Belle Chasse, LA
Discharge into this bay. High water stains the flat.
Wind vs table
No live gauge
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No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.
Clock
NOAA 8760721
- HighWed 1:49 AM · 0.34
- LowWed 7:49 AM · -0.33
- HighWed 1:49 PM · 0.32
- LowWed 7:49 PM · -0.30
- HighThu 2:49 AM · 0.29
Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.
Today or tomorrow
Go today
8.6 today · 4.6 tomorrow
Venice is 8.6 this morning, 4.6 tomorrow. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
Thunderstorms tomorrow. Today is the cleaner clock.
Open Thursday, August 27Monthly YOLO day
Wednesday, August 26
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · spring · tide range ~0.7 ft · wind to 5 mph · Thunderstorms · 22%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.
- 9.0
South Pass
pass jetty · public structure · deep
Named river mouth. Bulls and summer tarpon. River stage and wind decide more than the table.
- — pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Redfish, Tarpon, Speckled trout.
skiffspinfly - 8.4
Southwest Pass
pass jetty · public structure · deep
The other throat of the birdfoot. Current, ships, and the Gulf. Not a pond.
- — pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Redfish, Tarpon.
skiffspin - 8.4
Venice west-bank marsh
marsh drain · public structure · mid
Delta ponds inside the passes. School reds and trout. Your Gulf Atlas pin lives here.
- — marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
skiffkayakflyspin
When
When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. First light and last light are named when the clock is the story. Today’s ring mixes the best mark, the lead fish, and the best window, then taxes the sky. A strong incoming can sit under a weak day if the wind or the fish is off. Calendar cells are a third recipe: range, moon, and the day’s forecast.
First light · outgoing
10.0Wed 3:49 AM → Wed 8:49 AM
First light on outgoing water.
Incoming water
9.1Wed 8:49 AM → Wed 3:49 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Last light · outgoing
10.0Wed 2:49 PM → Wed 9:49 PM
Last light on outgoing water.
Last light · incoming
10.0Wed 9:49 PM → Thu 3:49 AM
Last light on incoming water.
First light · outgoing
10.0Thu 3:49 AM → Thu 9:49 AM
First light on outgoing water.
Launch and beach access
Cited to LDWF ramp lists and Louisiana State Parks. Parish rules shift after a blow.
Venice public launches
Plaquemines Parish / LDWF ramp directory
Birdfoot door. South and Southwest Pass are the run. Confirm which ramps are open after a blow.
Official source
Legal water
No-take and closed water cited to the agency that owns it. Only the Keys box is FKNMS.
No FKNMS polygon in this box. Mainland Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Mexico, and the Bahamas are not Keys sanctuary closures.
Why — and who
- — Tide is outgoing (modeled — NOAA 8760721 Pilottown did not answer).
- — Mostly Clear · 5%. Sky is workable.
- — Wind 5 mph NW. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — NDBC BURL1 Southwest Pass: 8 mph NW. Birdfoot C-MAN — not a pond, not mid-Gulf. Witness only — not the tide clock.
- — Waxing gibbous moon — spring tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
- — Salinity 15 ppt at Black Bay nr Snake Island nr Pointe-A-La-Hache, LA (bay). USGS 07374526.
6.6
Speckled trout
Cynoscion nebulosus
Thermal window
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Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Louisiana: 15/day, 13–20 in slot, no more than two over 20. Charter captain/crew bag is zero. Verify LDWF.
Tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
Thermal window
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Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Louisiana: treat as catch-and-release.
Black drum
Pogonias cromis
Thermal window
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Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Louisiana: check LDWF coastal finfish before you keep a drum.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
Thermal window
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Generally unregulated. Still, do not leave a pile.
Regs citedLDWF recreational saltwater · current LDWF coastal finfish · rolls in 7 days. Louisiana flounder is typically closed Oct 15–Nov 30. Verify LDWF the week you keep one.