On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, May 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph WNW · rain · incoming

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

Where

  • South Pass · 7.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.6pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.2marsh drain on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the Cameron jetties and the pass — fall flounder water before the LDWF close.

7 mph SSE · outgoing

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 8.1pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.7oyster reef on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief