On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, February 7. 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 — wait; slack on the delta is a pause.

13 mph W · high slack

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

Where

  • South 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.
  • Southwest Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — sit the river-marsh drains — this water dumps after a blow.

11 mph SSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Sabine Bank · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief