On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, October 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 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

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

5.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — flood the Ascension flats off Punta Allen — bones first, permit if you earned it.

7 mph ENE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Boca Paila · 6.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.5hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Ascension brief