On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, July 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

6.9OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph NNE · 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

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

6.5OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — look, do not grind a high-slack school across the biosphere.

7 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief