On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph SW · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.4marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 5.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout are the hunt — sit Caminada until it turns.

12 mph SSW · low slack

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 7.0mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief