On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 21. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the marsh dumps.

8 mph NNW · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.0marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • St François flats · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief