On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 3. 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.

5 mph NW · 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

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the throats — this is why the week is booked.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 7.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Farquhar brief