On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, August 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the marsh dumps.

4 mph NW · 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.
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Right desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the pass at Port Aransas — this is current water, not a marsh drain.

7 mph SSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - PINS South Beach miles 0-5 · 8.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 8.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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