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.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

4.7OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the throats — this is why the week is booked. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

32 mph SE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 6.2pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 5.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Farquhar brief