On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, March 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wait; slack on the delta is a pause.

11 mph W · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 6.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest 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.
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Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

5.8OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — the surf and the park pier still fish; the bay wants current.

16 mph W · rain · high slack

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 5.8sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Caminada Pass · 5.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 5.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
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