On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wait; slack on the delta is a pause.

9 mph NNW · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 6.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.2marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — Current Cut and the east-side ocean flats — permit first, bones second.

7 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Current Cut · 6.6channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief