On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, May 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the remaining guts until the marsh dumps.

3 mph NW · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 7.1pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 5.8marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — verify which creeks are actually open, then wait for water.

No wind reading · high slack

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • The Marls · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief