On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

5.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — Boca Paila and the drains; tarpon live in the darker mouths.

7 mph E · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 6.6sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 5.5hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

6.9OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph NNW · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 7.1pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 5.8marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief