On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the same flat, thinner; pick the darker single.

10 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • West End pancakes · 6.1hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East End flats · 6.1hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the G. Bahama brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

5.3OF 10

Day

low

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

1 mph NW · rain · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 5.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 5.2marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 4.8pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief