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NE wind east of the river tends to raise water levels, but west of the river drops them. Full explanation here: https://www.lafbelite.com/lesson/if101-2-3/
If water is high, redfish will just go up the “stairs”, but there will be more real estate to find them in. I’d rather have lower water, but that comes with the caveat of navigability. Full explanation here: https://www.lafishblog.com/redfish-jubilee/
“It’s just the way I like to fish”
Perfectly understandable.
“so was curious about how much water may be blown out on that side, but ill figure it out once I get there.”
By the time the wind quits blowing so hard out of the northeast, the water would have returned to normal levels. It will most likely fall out on Friday and be at predicted levels by Saturday at the latest.
Looking at Geosphere, it appears that Yellow Cotton Bay is clearest now, with West Bay, Bay Adams and Bay Lanaux after that. The river at Venice and down to SW Pass looks good, but looks dirtier further north by Baton Rouge, and that could come down the pipe. Hopefully not.
If you do fish the river and use a trolling motor with spot lock, be sure that it’s connections are all squeaky clean and ready for amps, because the river will test it.
Something else to keep in mind: the marsh outside of the Venice area tends to have a softer, more forgiving bottom. The bottoms around Venice and anywhere influenced by the river are hard. Very easy to get stuck.
If you see terns diving, it’s probably bull reds underneath them. Same for gulls.
Good luck out there!
