On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, August 13. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph N · 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 · Andros

Andros

7.7OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the creek mouths and the bights; tarpon live in the darker water.

10 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 7.5creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief