On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, August 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

4.1OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph NW · thunderstorms · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 4.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 4.5pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 4.4marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
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Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

4.0OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout are the hunt — the surf and the park pier still fish; the bay wants current.

5 mph NW · thunderstorms · high slack

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 4.5pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 4.5sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 4.5sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
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