On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, August 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

4.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait; slack on the delta is a pause.

5 mph NW · thunderstorms · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 4.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 4.5pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 4.4marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

7 mph ESE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.6pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.3grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.1sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief