On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, June 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — flood the Ascension flats off Punta Allen — bones first, permit if you earned it.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 9.0hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.3OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · 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