On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

4.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait; slack on the delta is a pause.

6 mph WNW · rain · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 5.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 5.2marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 4.8pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

4.8OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

25 mph SSE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • St François flats · 5.5hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 5.5hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief