On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

4.7OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood the west-bank ponds, then the south passes if the bulls are in.

2 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

-0.31 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • South Pass · 5.9pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 5.5pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 5.2marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

8.1OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the cut and the Exuma-edge banks as they fall.

7 mph E · 1% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Current Cut · 7.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief