On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood the west-bank ponds, then the south passes if the bulls are in.

5 mph NW · incoming

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

Where

  • South Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 7.7marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — sight-cast reds in inches on South Bay and the spoils.

12 mph S · incoming

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

Where

  • South Bay · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Fred Stone County Park (Port Mansfield) · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Adolph Thomae Jr. Park (Arroyo City) · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the LLM brief