On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, December 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — west-side white sand — schools, then the double-digit singles.

3 mph ENE · incoming

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 6.8creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East side ocean cays · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

6.9OF 10

Day

low

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

11 mph W · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.2marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief