On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, March 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

8.8OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the drops off Brazos Santiago and the spoil edges. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

19 mph SE · outgoing

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

Where

  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Brazos Santiago Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the remaining guts until the marsh dumps.

7 mph N · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 7.1pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 5.8marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
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