On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 24. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

6.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next inch — this bay empties.

2 mph NE · low slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 6.0sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

6.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

1 mph WNW · 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