On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, October 21. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

6.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are the hunt — look, do not wade a high-slack school into the next zip code.

7 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 6.5creek bight on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West side white sand · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wait; slack on the delta is a pause.

7 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