Redfish
Sciaenops ocellatus
Thermal window
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In peak season for this water.
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 — wait; slack on the delta is a pause.
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.
- ⚠ This brief is for 2026-11-04. No wind forecast that far out — score is tide, moon, and season. Not a copper day.
- ⚠ Louisiana flounder is typically closed Oct 15–Nov 30. Verify LDWF before you keep one.
Tide + moon
low confidence
Forecast brief for Wednesday, November 4. Back to this morning
Morning line
Venice 7.7 on Wednesday, November 4 — tide, moon, and season only. No wind forecast that far out. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
high slack · 0.13 ft · drag or hover for the clockNOAA tide gauge 8760721 · Pilottown · ft MLLW · not a weather buoy
Wind
NWS
No wind reading
Sky
NWS
Sky not in
Sky not in
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
29% lit
Waning crescent
neap range · 29%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 0.5 ft
high slack
0.13 ft MLLW
Wind vs table
Observed − predicted
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No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.
Clock
NOAA 8760721
- HighWed 6:34 AM · 0.14
- LowWed 3:37 PM · -0.14
- HighWed 9:46 PM · 0.05
- LowThu 5:29 AM · -0.07
- HighThu 9:36 AM · -0.03
Monthly YOLO day
Wednesday, August 26 · 8.3
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · spring · tide range ~0.7 ft · wind to 5 mph · Thunderstorms · 37%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.
- 6.6
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 high slack tide is a secondary match.
- — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
skiffspinfly - 6.4
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 high slack tide is a secondary match.
- — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
skiffkayakflyspin - 5.9
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 high slack tide is a secondary match.
- — In-play: Redfish.
skiffspin
When
When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. 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.
Outgoing water
9.4Wed 9:00 AM → Wed 3:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
9.1Wed 6:00 PM → Thu 10:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
8.0Thu 11:00 PM → Fri 7:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.4Fri 9:00 AM → Fri 9:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.4Fri 11:00 PM → Sat 8:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
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 high slack from NOAA 8760721 Pilottown.
- — Waning crescent moon — neap tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
7.3
Speckled trout
Cynoscion nebulosus
Thermal window
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In peak season for this water.
Louisiana: 15/day, 13–20 in slot, no more than two over 20. Charter captain/crew bag is zero. Verify LDWF.
Black drum
Pogonias cromis
Thermal window
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Present, not peak. This tide stage (high slack) matches how they hunt.
Louisiana: check LDWF coastal finfish before you keep a drum.
Tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
Thermal window
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Off-season here.
Louisiana: treat as catch-and-release.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
Thermal window
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Off-season here.
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.