On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

4.3OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are the hunt — the village run is legal; the trees want current.

5 mph SE · thunderstorms · high slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 4.8structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 4.5mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph N · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.4marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief