On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, June 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

5.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

18 mph ENE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 5.2sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the marsh dumps.

8 mph WSW · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.0marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief