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The Saturday Letter · Vol. 1 · No. 27

Week of the water

June 29 – July 5, 2026 · June fundamentals · Louisiana · 1 of 1 desk · frozen Saturday issue

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This week on your coast

Venice

4.8

Redfish should be the day — the birdfoot drains and the pass edges — wind and river stage are the tide.

Heat and river. Venice tarpon on the south passes. Trout at first light. Reds in the drains.

This edition is Louisiana only — Louisiana. Coasts you did not elect stay off this letter. Scores are 1–10. They are not bite guarantees. Read this month’s seasonal fundamentals.

Louisiana

That Saturday

Louisiana desk

Venice

River is the tide

4.8OF 10

Today

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Redfish should be the day — the birdfoot drains and the pass edges — wind and river stage are the tide.

Heat and river. Venice tarpon on the south passes. Trout at first light. Reds in the drains.

Water.
5 mph W · thunderstorms
Tide.
outgoing
Moon.
Waxing gibbous · mid
Window.
Outgoing water — Moving water in the right part of the day.
6.6Redfish6.6Speckled trout6.6Tarpon

— Tide is outgoing (modeled — the NOAA gauge did not answer).

— Thunderstorms · 18%. Lightning is a stay-tied call.

Open the Venice brief

Box score · June

In peak this month

  • Tarpon

    Louisiana

    Keys migratory peak Apr–May. Boca Grande Pass is the spring stack. Jupiter inlet and beach. Texas beach/passes mid-summer. Venice south passes in the heat. Bahamas: resident fish in bights Apr–Oct.

  • Mangrove / gray snapper

    Louisiana

    The snapper that will live in a Texas jetty and a Keys creek. Schoolies on structure. Bigger fish on the wrecks. Not a yellowtail.

  • Red snapper

    Louisiana

    Gulf wrecks and snapper banks. Texas and Louisiana live on this fish in a short federal window. Not a Galveston grass headline. Not a Keys yellowtail.

  • Tripletail

    Louisiana

    Summer Gulf. Traps, weed, and channel markers. Texas and Louisiana live on this fish. Not a wreck grouper.

  • King mackerel

    Louisiana

    Texas and Florida summer kings. The beach and the first wrecks. Not a trout. Not a wahoo.

  • Spanish mackerel

    Louisiana

    Nearshore Gulf and the Florida east coast. Birds and bait. Not a king. Not a spec.

Noise, not the headline: Jack crevalle.

Regs citedLDWF recreational saltwater · current LDWF coastal finfish · rolls in 8 days. Louisiana flounder is typically closed Oct 15–Nov 30. Verify LDWF the week you keep one.