On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, March 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wait; slack on the delta is a pause.

7 mph N · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 6.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest 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.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — slide to guts and the ship-channel edges until it moves.

10 mph S · low slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.4oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 7.1pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 7.1pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Galveston brief