On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

5.0OF 10

Day

low

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

1 mph N · 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

4.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

0 mph · thunderstorms · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 5.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 4.6pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 4.1marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief