On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, January 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph N · high slack

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

Where

  • South 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.
  • Southwest Pass · 5.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

6.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the same flat, thinner; pick the darker single.

6 mph SSE · outgoing

Where

  • West End pancakes · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East End flats · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the G. Bahama brief