On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, April 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

3 mph SSW · 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

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next inch — this bay empties.

1 mph NNE · low slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief