On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, September 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph NW · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.0marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the cut and the Exuma-edge banks as they fall.

9 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Current Cut · 7.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief