On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the marsh dumps.

Wind not in · 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 · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

5.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are in the mix — the same flat, thinner; pick the darker single.

7 mph SSE · outgoing

Where

  • West End pancakes · 5.5hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East End flats · 5.5hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the G. Bahama brief