On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

6.8OF 10

Day

low

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

13 mph W · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 5.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 5.8marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — get in the remaining water; this is a sight fishery, not a drain.

14 mph SE · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Mansfield Cut · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the LLM brief