On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, July 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

6.2OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • St François flats · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.3OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph NW · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest 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.
Open the Venice brief