On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, January 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 — this is a thinking wade — slack is a look.

4 mph NE · high slack

Where

  • West End pancakes · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • East End flats · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the G. Bahama brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

7 mph NNE · 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