On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, February 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.0OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.4marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 5.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — slide to Land Cut and the holes; trophy trout leave the skinny.

No wind reading · outgoing

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

Where

  • Land Cut · 8.4channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - PINS South Beach miles 0-5 · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Baffin brief