On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, April 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

4 mph WNW · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.0marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — pole the remaining water; slack here is short.

2 mph WSW · high slack

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

Where

  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.8oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Pringle Lake (boat-in via POC) · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief