On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

6.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

3 mph SW · 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

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — East or West End pancakes — one fish, on foot.

8 mph E · incoming

Where

  • West End pancakes · 6.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East End flats · 6.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the G. Bahama brief