On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, February 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

6.2OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next inch of water.

10 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • West End pancakes · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • East End flats · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the G. Bahama brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

5.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

3 mph W · rain · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 5.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 4.9pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 4.9marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief