Sciaenops ocellatus
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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 — sit the remaining guts until the marsh dumps.
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 2027-11-26. 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 · NOAA 8760721
- NDBC BURL1 quiet
- Salinity probe quiet or stale
- River · USGS 07374525
- Red-tide check failed — not all-clear
- Sargassum check failed — not all-clear
- Glass quiet
- Water temp quiet
Tide + moon
low confidence
Forecast brief for Friday, November 26. Back to this morning
Morning line
Venice 7.7 on Friday, November 26 — tide, moon, and season only. No wind forecast that far out. YOLO day is Monday, August 31. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
low slack · -0.61 ft · drag or hover for the clockNOAA tide gauge 8760721 · Pilottown · ft MLLW · not a weather buoy
Wind
NWS
No wind reading
Buoy
NDBC BURL1
Quiet
Southwest Pass did not report. Witness only — not the tide clock.
Sky
NWS
No sky reading
No sky reading
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Glass
No barometer
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No live or modeled glass on this desk.
Three-hour change on this station. The glass is not a bite.
Moon
6% lit
Waning crescent
mid range · 6%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 1.3 ft
low slack
-0.61 ft MLLW
Coast
No live coast layer
Red-tide check failed. That is not all-clear — open the agency page before you wade.
Sargassum check failed. Not a GPS pin. Not all-clear.
Salinity / color
Black Bay near Pointe-à-la-Hache is quiet or stale. Not a color reading.
River
USGS 07374525
375,000 cfs
Mississippi River at Belle Chasse, LA
Discharge into this bay. High water stains the flat.
USGS 07374525Wind vs table
Observed − predicted
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No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.
Clock
NOAA 8760721
- LowFri 7:15 AM · -0.62
- HighFri 8:19 PM · 0.68
- LowSat 8:05 AM · -0.69
- HighSat 8:52 PM · 0.73
- LowSun 8:56 AM · -0.72
Monthly YOLO day
Monday, August 31
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waning gibbous · mid · tide range ~0.8 ft · wind to 10 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.
- 6.8
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 low slack tide is a secondary match.
- — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
skiffspinfly - 6.0
pass jetty · public structure · deep
The other throat of the birdfoot. Current, ships, and the Gulf. Not a pond.
- — pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
- — In-play: Redfish.
skiffspin - 6.0
marsh drain · public structure · mid
Delta ponds inside the passes. School reds and trout. Your Gulf Atlas pin lives here.
- — marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary 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.
Last light · incoming
9.4Fri 9:00 AM → Fri 10:00 PM
Last light on incoming water.
Last light · outgoing
9.4Fri 10:00 PM → Sat 9:00 AM
Last light on outgoing water.
Last light · incoming
9.4Sat 10:00 AM → Sat 10:00 PM
Last light on incoming water.
Last light · outgoing
9.4Sat 11:00 PM → Sun 10:00 AM
Last light on outgoing water.
Last light · incoming
9.1Sun 11:00 AM → Sun 11:00 PM
Last light on incoming 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 low slack from NOAA 8760721 Pilottown.
- — Waning crescent moon — mid tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
- — USGS salinity well Black Bay near Pointe-à-la-Hache is quiet or stale — not all-clear, not a color reading.
7.3
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.
Pogonias cromis
Thermal window
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Present, not peak.
Louisiana: check LDWF coastal finfish before you keep a drum.
Megalops atlanticus
Thermal window
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Off-season here.
Louisiana: treat as catch-and-release.
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 4 days. Louisiana flounder is typically closed Oct 15–Nov 30. Verify LDWF the week you keep one.