On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, September 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

5.0OF 10

Day

medium

Snook should be the day — flood the mangrove cays — snook first, a tarpon in the darker mouths.

10 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 5.5structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — wait; slack on the delta is a pause.

12 mph NNW · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 6.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest 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.
Open the Venice brief