On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

5.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait; slack on the delta is a pause.

8 mph NNW · rain · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 5.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 5.2marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 4.8pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

mexico · Mujeres

Isla Mujeres / Cancún bank

5.2OF 10

Day

low

Sailfish are in the mix — work the north bank and Contoy edge.

3 mph NNE · low slack

Where

    Open the Mujeres brief