On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

4.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

0 mph · thunderstorms · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 5.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 4.6pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 4.1marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
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Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

4.5OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

10 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.5sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 4.8grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
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