On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, August 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

4 mph N · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.4marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

7 mph ENE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.1grass flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief