On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

8.5OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph SW · 24% rain · incoming

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

Where

  • South Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest 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.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — lake guts and the ship-channel edges until it turns.

12 mph SSW · 18% rain · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.1oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief