On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, September 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

9.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the birdfoot drains and the pass edges — wind and river stage are the tide.

2 mph NE · 15% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • South Pass · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

5.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — fish the wind-blown shoreline — the table is not the tide here.

10 mph SSE · thunderstorms · outgoing

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 5.7marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief