On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, February 15. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

6.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph W · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.2marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Calcasieu Lake shell, then the pass if the wind lets water in.

10 mph SSW · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.2oyster reef on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 7.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief