On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, January 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — get in the remaining water; this is a sight fishery, not a drain. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

19 mph SE · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Mansfield Cut · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
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Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood the west-bank ponds, then the south passes if the bulls are in.

9 mph NNW · incoming

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

Where

  • South Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 7.4marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Southwest Pass · 7.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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